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A

  • Abatement
  • ABS pipe
  • ACM
  • Adhesive
  • Air mover
  • Airless
  • Airless paint sprayer
  • Anchor
  • Anemometer
  • Antimicrobial
  • Asbestos
  • Asbestos-Containing Material (ACM)
  • Asphalt
  • Attic
  • Aviation snips

B

  • Backfill
  • Backflow valve
  • Bacteria
  • Basin
  • Beam
  • Bit
  • Black water
  • Blower
  • Bond
  • Boot
  • Botanical

C

  • Cartridge
  • Cast iron pipe
  • Catch basin
  • Category 1, 2 & 3 water
  • Caulk
  • Caulking gun
  • Cellulose
  • Ceramic
  • Check valve
  • Chisel
  • Clean space
  • Concrete
  • Conditioned
  • Conduit
  • Construction Contractors Board (CCB)
  • Containment
  • Contaminant
  • Contamination
  • Contractor License
  • Copper pipe
  • Corrugated pipe
  • Coupler
  • CPVC pipe
  • Crack
  • Crawlspace
  • Cripple wall
  • Cross-contamination
  • Cubic
  • Cubic feet per minute (CFM)
  • Cubic foot (cft)

D

  • Depth
  • Diagonal pliers
  • Diagram
  • Discharge Pipe
  • Disinfectant
  • Downspout
  • Drain
  • Drill
  • Drive
  • Drop light
  • Droppings
  • Drywall
  • Duct
  • Duct cleaning
  • Duct tape
  • Ductwork

E

  • Eave
  • Encapsulate
  • Encapsulation
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • Excavate
  • Exclusion
  • Exterior footing drain
  • Exterior wall

F

  • Faced
  • Fascia
  • Fasten
  • Fastener
  • Feces
  • Fiberglass
  • Finished
  • Flashing
  • Flat head
  • Float switch
  • Floater
  • Foot (’)
  • Footing
  • Foundation
  • Foundation wall
  • Framing
  • French drain
  • Freshwater

G

  • Galvanized pipe
  • Garden hose end sprayer
  • Garden staple
  • Girder
  • Glove
  • Grade
  • Gray water
  • Ground staple
  • Groundwater
  • Gun
  • Gutter
  • Gypsum

H

  • Hammer
  • Hardwood
  • Headlamp
  • Headlight
  • Heating, Venting and Air Conditioning (HVAC)
  • Hex

I

  • Inch (”)
  • Insulate
  • Insulation

J

  • Joist

K

  • Knife

L

  • Landscape staple
  • Large animal
  • Lath
  • Lath and plaster
  • Line
  • Linear foot (Lf)
  • Living space
  • Loctite

M

  • Mallet
  • Manufactured home
  • MDF
  • Medium-density fiberboard (MDF)
  • Mesh
  • Mil
  • Millboard
  • Mitigation
  • Mobile home
  • Mold

N

  • Nail
  • NAM
  • Nashua 367-17
  • Nashua 557
  • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • NIOSH
  • Nylon

O

  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
  • On center (OC)
  • Oriented Strand Board (OSB)
  • OSB
  • OSHA

P

  • Particle board
  • Pave stone
  • Paver
  • Pedestal
  • Pedestal sump pump
  • Perforated pipe
  • PEX pipe
  • Phillips
  • Pier
  • Pillar
  • PL
  • Plant-based
  • Plaster
  • Plenum
  • Pliers
  • Plumbing
  • Plywood
  • Polyethylene
  • Polyurethane (PL)
  • Post
  • Pozidriv
  • Pump sprayer
  • PVC pipe

R

  • R-value
  • Rafter
  • Ramset
  • Rebuild
  • Reconstruction
  • Register
  • Remediation
  • Respirator
  • Restoration
  • Return
  • Return air duct
  • Rim joist
  • Robertson
  • Rodent
  • Run

S

  • Screw
  • Screwdriver
  • Sealant
  • Shank
  • Sheathing
  • Sheers
  • Sheet metal
  • Shingle
  • Siding
  • Sill plate
  • Soffit
  • Soffit vent
  • Sole plate
  • Spigot
  • Spore
  • Square foot (sqft)
  • Stake
  • Staple
  • Staple gun
  • Stick built home
  • Strap
  • Subfloor
  • Submersible sump pump
  • Sump
  • Sump basin
  • Sump pit
  • Sump pump
  • Sump well
  • Supply line
  • Surety bond
  • Swollen

T

  • Tape measure
  • Termination
  • Tile
  • Topsoil
  • Torx
  • Trade
  • Trench
  • Tri-wing

U

  • Underlayment
  • Unfinished

V

  • Vapor
  • Vapor barrier
  • Veneer
  • Vent
  • Vermin
  • Vinyl
  • Virgin soil
  • Visqueen

W

  • Well
  • Wire snips
  • Wood burning stove
  • Wood pulp

Y

  • Yard

Z

  • Zip tie
  • Zip tie tensioner

Check valve

See backflow valve.

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