Springy Floors Springiness underfoot occurs where there is excessive deformation (sagging or bowing) in timber flooring commonly where flooring support has dropped or where the flooring itself has become deformed by cupping.
Ponding Wherever water ponds and remains pooled for a length of time, this may cause conditions attractive to fungal decay, termite activity and damage. For example, flat roofs and gutters with insufficient pitch or incline, which are misshapen or clogged may...
Inadequate Ground Slope Inadequate slkope is a term used to define the contouring of the finished ground around a dwelling where the gradient of the slope does not allow rain water to flow away drom the footings and the base of exterior walls. An Inadequate...
A Glazing Compound is a thin smooth shiny coating of colored, opaque, or transparent material applied to ceramics such as tiles before firing. Glaze which is a vitrious finish on the tile is basically glass and can be scrached and dameged by hard abrazives and...
Sleepers A Railway Sleeper is a rectangular object used as a base for railroad tracks. Sleepers are members generally laid transverse to the rails, on which the rails are supported and fixed, to transfer the loads from rails to the ballast and subgrade, and to hold...
Water Heater Presure Relief Valve A safety feature of the hot water heater includes the pressure relief valve and discharge pipe. It operates like the radiator cap on your car. The purpose of this valve is to relieve excessive temperature or pressure builds up...
Rotating Walls Retaining walls must resist lateral pressures which are typically smallest at the top of the wall and increase toward the bottom. These are generated by loose soils attempting to move forward and downslope due to gravity or, in some cases, water...
A Paling is one of a row of upright boards forming a fence - essentially making it a component of a picket fence. Wikipedia Entry for Picket Fence
The Overlap of one Roofing Sheet on another Lapping of tiles or sheeting improves the waterproofing capacity of the roof covering and prevents rainwater ingress to the roof cavity especially when in the direction opposite the weather and where the roof...
Tongue and Groove (VJ) Boards VJ or vertical joints (also known as tongue and groove) run vertically to create a wall and were very common in old Queenslanders. Tongue and groove is a method of fitting similar objects together, edge to edge, used mainly with wood...
