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» Tackstrip See Tackless strip.
» Tackless strip A wood strip with pro- jecting points used to fasten a carpet around the edge of a room; also called a tackstrip.
» Tagline A rope attached to a building component to help guide it as it is lifted by a crane or derrick.
» Tap To cut internal threads, such as in a hole or nut.
» Tangential shrinkage In wood, shrink- age along the circumference of the log. Tapered edge The longitudinal edge
of a sheet of gypsum board, which is re-
cessed to allow
room for reinforcing tape and joint compound.
» Tee A metal or precast concrete mem- ber with a cross section resembling the letter T.
» Tempered glass Heat-treated glass that is stronger than heat-strengthened glass and is suitable for use as safety glazing.
» Tempering Controlled heating and cooling of a material to alter its mechani- cal properties; a form of heat-treatment.
» Tendon A steel strand used for prestress- ing a concrete member.
» Tensile strength The ability of a structural material to withstand stretch- ing forces.
» Tensile stress A stress caused by stretch- ing of a material.
» Tension A stretching force; to stretch.
» Tension control bolt A bolt tightened by means of a splined end that breaks off when the bolt shank has reached the required tension.
» Termite shield A metal flashing placed on top of a concrete foundation to pre- vent termites from traveling undetected from the ground into the superstructure.
» Terne An alloy of lead and tin, used to coat sheets of carbon steel or stain- less steel, used in the past for metal roofing sheet.
» Terrace door A double glass door, one leaf of which is fixed and the other hinged to the fixed leaf at the centerline of the door.
» Terrazzo A finish floor material con- sisting of concrete with an aggregate of marble chips selected for size and color, which is ground and polished smooth after curing.
» Thatch A thick roof covering of reeds, straw, grasses, or leaves.
» Thermal break A section of material with low thermal conductivity installed between metal components to retard the passage of heat through a wall or window assembly.
» Thermal bridge A component of higher thermal conductivity that conducts heat more rapidly through an insulated build- ing assembly, such as a steel stud in an in- sulated
stud wall.
» Thermal conductivity The rate at which a material conducts heat.
» Thermal emittance A unitless index, from 0 to 1, expressing a material’s tendency to radiate thermal energy as its temperature rises in relation to surround- ing surfaces.
» Thermal envelope See Building enclo- sure.
» Thermal insulation A material that greatly retards the passage of heat. Thermal resistance The resistance of a
material or assembly to the conduction of
heat.
» Thermochromic glass Glass that chang- es its optical properties in response to changes in temperature.
Thermoplastic In plastics, having the property of softening when heated and rehardening when cooled; weldable by heat or solvents.
» Thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) A ther- moplastic single-ply roof membrane ma- terial, made from blends of polyethylene,
polypropylene, and ethylene-propylene rubber polymers.
» Thermosetting In plastics, not having the property of softening when heated; not heat-fusible.
» Thickset tile Ceramic tile installed on a thick bed of portland cement mortar; also called mortar bed or mud set tile.
» Thin-set tile Ceramic tile bonded to a solid base with a thin application of portland cement mortar or organic adhesive.
» Through-wall flashing See Internal flash- ing.
» Thrust A lateral or inclined force result- ing from the structural action of an arch, vault, dome, suspension structure, or rigid frame.
» Thrust block A wooden block running perpendicular to the stringers at the bot- tom of a stair, whose function is to hold the stringers in place.
» Tie A device for holding two parts of a construction together; a structural device that acts in tension.
» Tieback A tie, one end of which is anchored in the ground, with the other end used to support sheeting around an excavation.
» Tie beam A reinforced concrete beam cast as part of a masonr y wall, whose primar y purpose is to hold the wall together, especially against seismic loads, or cast between a
number of isolated foundation elements to maintain their relative positions.
Tier The portion of a multistor y steel building frame supported by one set of fabricated column pieces, commonly two stories in height.
» Tie rod A steel rod that acts in tension. Tile A fired clay product that is thinner in cross section than a brick, either a thin,
flat element (ceramic tile or quarr y tile),
a thin,
cur ved element (roofing tile), or a hollow element with thin walls (flue tile, tile pipe, structural clay tile); also a thin, flat element of another material, such as an acoustical
ceiling unit or a resilient floor unit.
Tilt/turn window A window that opens either by rotating its sash about its vertical centerline or as a hopper.
» Tilt-up construction A method of con- structing concrete walls in which panels are cast and cured flat on a floor slab, then tilted up into their final positions.Timber Standing trees; a large piece of dimension lumber.
» Tinted glass Glass that is colored with pigments, dyes, or other admixtures. Titanium A strong, corrosion-resistant,
nonferrous metal, silver gray in color.
» Toe nailing Fastening with nails driven at an angle.
» Tongue and groove An interlocking edge detail for joining planks or panels. Tooling The finishing of a mortar joint
or sealant joint by pressing and compact-
ing it to create a
particular profile. Toothed plate A multipronged fastener made from stamped sheet metal, used
to join members of a lightwood wood
truss.
» Top-hinged inswinging window A win- dow that opens inward on hinges on or near its head.
» Topping A thin layer of concrete cast over the top of a floor deck.
» Topping-out Placing the last member in a building frame.
» Top plate The horizontal member at the top of the studs in a wall in a light frame building.
» Topside vent A water-protected open- ing through a roof membrane to relieve pressure from water vapor that may accu- mulate beneath the membrane.
» Torque Twisting action; moment. Torsional stress Stress resulting from the twisting of a structural member.
» Touch sanded In plywood, lightly sand- ed to produce a smoother, flatter surface. TPO see Thermoplastic polyolefin.
» Tracheids The longitudinal cells in a softwood.
» Traffic deck A walking surface placed on top of a roof membrane.
» Transit-mixed concrete Concrete mixed in a drum on the back of a truck as it is transported to the building site.
» Travertine A richly patterned, marble- like form of limestone; classified by ASTM C119 in the Other Stone group.
» Tread One of the horizontal planes that make up a stair.
» Tremie A large funnel with a tube at- tached, used to deposit concrete in deep forms or beneath water or slurr y.
» Trim accessories Casing beads, corner beads, expansion joints, and other devices used to finish edges and corners of a plas- ter wall or ceiling.
» Trimmer joist A joist that supports a header around an opening in a floor or roof frame.
» Trimmer stud. See Jack stud.
» Trowel A thin, flat steel tool, either pointed or rectangular, provided with a handle and held in the hand, used to manipulate mastic, mortar, plaster, or concrete. Also, a machine
whose rotating steel blades are used to finish concrete slabs; to use a trowel.
» Truss A triangulated arrangement of structural members that reduces nonaxial external forces to a set of axial forces in its members. See also Vierendeel truss.
» Tuckpointing Traditionally, a method of finishing masonr y joints using mortars of different colors to artificially create the appearance of a more refined joint; in contemporar y
usage, may be used inter- changeably with repointing.
» Tunnel kiln A kiln through which clay products are passed on railroad cars.
Turn-of-nut method A method of achiev- ing the correct tightness in a high-strength bolt by first tightening the nut snugly, then turning it a specified additional fraction of a turn.
» Two-way action Bending of a slab or deck in which bending stresses are ap- proximately equal in the two principal directions of the structure.
» Two-way concrete joist system A rein- forced concrete framing system in which columns directly support an orthogonal grid of intersecting joists.
» Two-way flat plate A reinforced concrete framing system in which columns directly support a two-way slab that is planar on both of
its surfaces.
» Two-way flat slab A reinforced concrete framing system in which columns with mushroom capitals and/or drop panels directly support a two-way slab that is pla- nar on both
of its surfaces.
» Type IV HT construction See Heavy tim- ber construction.
» Type X gypsum board A fiber-rein- forced gypsum board used where greater fire resistance is required.
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