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WCLIB 0 likes: Acronym for West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau

Wearing Course 0 likes: A surface treatment or covering that enhances resistance to abrasion of a pavement or slab

Weather Cock 4 likes: A cock-shaped weather vane

Weather Delay 2 likes: Halt in construction due to inclement weather

Weather Seal 2 likes: A flanged channel mounted on an external door’s edges

Weather Vane 4 likes: A vane; a portable device for indicating the direction of wind

Weatherability 1 like: The ability to withstand weathering

Weathered 1 like: Stonework that has been produced with slanting surfaces so it will drain water from rain or snow

Weathered Joint 0 likes: A sloping mortar joint that drains water to the exterior of the wall

Weatherhead 0 likes: A weather resistant fixture for passing aerial electrical conductors into a building or structure

Weathering 1 like: The changes in texture, shape, color, composition or other characteristics of a material as a result of the weather

Weathering Steel 0 likes: A steel alloy that produces a tough protective rust layer when exposed to the atmosphere

Weatherometer 2 likes: A testing apparatus that simulates atmospheric weathering

Weatherproof 0 likes: A construction which is not damaged or does not experience loss of function by exposure to elements of the weather

Weatherstrip 0 likes: Thin metal or other material sections that are fitted around windows and doors to stop air and moisture from entering

Weave Bead 3 likes: A weld bead created by transverse oscillation

Weaving 0 likes: Process of creating carpet on a loom by entwining warp and weft yarns

Web 1 like: Upright plate that connects the top and bottom flanges of a metal member; Internal solid part of a hollow concrete block

Web Belt 1 like: Widely-used military style belt adjusted to hold manual tools on the job

Wedge 1 like: A material such as wood, plastic or metal, that narrows to a sharp edge and is driven between two objects to attach or isolate them

Weep Holes 1 like: Small perforations in storm window frames that permit moisture to exit

Weep Screed 1 like: Plaster screed at the bottom of an external stucco wall that permits moisture to leave

Weft 0 likes: Backing yarns that span across the width of a carpet

Weight 0 likes: The force a body experiences due to the earth’s gravitation

Weld 0 likes: The joint of two pieces of metal created by fusing the pieces, usually with more metal that is melted from a rod or electrode; To join two pieces of metal by heating until fusion of material occurs either with filler metal or without it

Weld Bead 1 like: A weld deposit created from a pass

Weld Crack 0 likes: A break in the weld metal

Weld Plate 1 like: A steel plate secured into a concrete surface to which another steel element may be welded

Weld X-Ray 1 like: To treat, examine, or photograph surface joints that have been welded

Weld, Shielded Metal-Arc 2 likes: See Shielded Metal-Arc Weld

Welded Joint 0 likes: Union of two or more components as a result of welding

Welded Pipe 1 like: Piping where attachments and fittings are welded together

Welded Railing 0 likes: Railing areas where the components are attached with welds

Welded Truss 0 likes: Trusses with components connected with welds

Welder 1 like: A person who performs manual or semiautomatic welding functions

Welder (Stick)1 like: This welder is suited for use on steel, stainless steel and cast iron.

Welding 1 like: Fusing metallic parts by heating and facilitating the metals to combine; a metal–joining process where coalescence occurs by heating to various temperatures, may achieve fusion with or without applying pressure or adding filler metal

Welding Electrodes and Rod 1 like: The parts of the welding circuit through which current is conveyed between the electrode holder and the arc

Welding Goggles 2 likes: Goggles with tinted lenses employed during welding or oxygen cutting to protect the eyes from harmful radiation and particles

Welding Leads 1 like: The work and electrode leads of an arc-welding circuit

Welding Rod 3 likes: Wire or rod filler metal employed in gas welding, brazing , and in arc-welding where the electrode does not supply the filler metal

Welding Test 1 like: Act or process of determining the strength of a weld; Welding examination or inspection

Welding Tip 2 likes: A welding-torch tip for welding

Welding Torch 5 likes: A device employed in gas welding or torch brazing for combining and regulating the flow of gases

Welding Transformer 1 like: A transformer employed to furnish current for welding

Weldment Connection 1 like: The joining together of pieces to form a unit by welding

Weldor 1 like: See Welder

Well 1 like: A pit or hole in the earth to obtain a supply of water; An open space that spans vertically through various floors of a structure

Wellpoint System 0 likes: A series of vertical pipes located in the ground attached to a header and pump in order to drain marshy areas or to regulate ground seepage

West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau (WCLIB) 1 like: P. O. Box 23145, Tigard, Oregon 97281, Tel: (503) 639-0651, URL: www.wclib.org/

Western Frame 0 likes: See Platform Frame

Western Red Cedar Lumber Association (WRCLA) 0 likes: 1500 Yeon Building, 522 SW Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97204, Tel: (866) 778-9096: URL: www.realcedar.com

Western Wood Products Association (WWPA) 1 like: 522 SW Fifth Ave. Suite 500, Portland, Oregon 97204-2122, Tel: (503) 224-3930, URL: www2.wwpa.org/

Wet and Dry Bulb Hygrometer 1 like: See Hygrometer

Wet Areas 0 likes: Inside or outside areas exposed to occasional or constant wetting such as showers, exterior walls, roofs, exterior pavements, interior floors, and pools

Wet Cell Battery 1 like: Cell or group of connected cells that transforms chemical energy into electrical energy

Wet Edge 0 likes: Fluid paint boundary

Wet Edge Time 1 like: The time before an area of paint sets up without displaying lap marks when the painter adds the next stretch of paint

Wet Film Gauge 1 like: A device that measures wet film thickness

Wet Film Thickness 4 likes: Thickness of paint liquid film right after application

Wet Heat 0 likes: Heating system employing hot water heat or steam heat; see Hydronic

Wet Niche 0 likes: Underwater light in a swimming pool with a water-cooled sealed beam unit

Wet Sprinkler System 2 likes: A sprinkler system filled with water at design pressure for immediate use when activated

Wet Standpipe 2 likes: A fire-fighting pipeline that is always filled with water under pressure and ready for use in a building

Wet Vent 1 like: A pipe that performs as a drain, waste pipe, and as a vent when not conveying liquids, serving as a waste pipe for the nearest fixture; when this fixture is not being used, but fixtures further down the line are in use, the wet vent acts as a vent pipe for those fixtures

Wet-Bulb Temperature 1 like: The temperature displayed by the wet-bulb thermometer of a psychrometer

Wetting Agent 1 like: A substance that can decrease the surface tension of liquids, enabling the wetting of solid surfaces and allowing liquids to penetrate capillaries

Wetting Oils 1 like: Products employed to enhance adhesion of coatings when all mill scale and rust cannot be extracted

WF Beam 1 like: Wide Flange Beam

WFI 1 like: Wood Flooring Institute

WH 2 likes: Wall Hydrant; Water Heater

Wharf 2 likes: A structure that serves as a berthing area for vessels, enabling the loading and discharge of cargo

Wheel Barrow 1 like: A small vehicle with handles and at least one wheel that transports small loads

Wheel Chair Partition 1 like: A wall in a bathroom or bathing room separating a private area that is accessible to the disabled

Wheel Stop 1 like: A roughly 4 to 6 feet long concrete or wood bumper at the end of a parking space to stop the car from moving further

Wheelbarrow Air Compressor 2 likes: A machine used to compress air.

Wheelchair 2 likes: A chair mounted on wheels to be propelled by its occupant manually or with the aid of electric power, of a size and configuration conforming to the recognized standard models of the trade

Wheeled Extinguisher 2 likes: A fire extinguisher on a wheeled cart that can moved around by a person

Whiskering 0 likes: See Efflorescence

White Blast 1 like: Blast clean to white metal

White Cedar Shingle 0 likes: A weather-resistant light-colored cedar wood employed for roofing and siding

White Cement 1 like: Cement composed of materials with low iron content that produce white mortar or concrete

White Coat 2 likes: A term for a gauged lime putty trowel finish

White Metal 1 like: Lead-base or tin–base alloy that is employed for bearings and fusible plugs

White-Rot 0 likes: Decay or rot creating a whitish residue that may be spongy, stringy, or appear as pocket rot in wood

Whitewash 1 like: A solution that whitens walls; products that contain a whitening solution

Whiting 1 like: Calcium carbonate, limestone, or chalk as a pigment; employed widely in putty production and to extend paints

WHO 1 like: World Health Organization

Whole House Fan 3 likes: A fan that circulates air around and out of a home; typically mounted in the ceiling

WI 1 like: Wrought Iron

WIC 0 likes: Woodwork Institute of California

Wide Stile Door 0 likes: Wider than standard upright members producing the outer frame of a door

Wide-Selvage Asphalt Roll Roofing Surfaced with Mi 1 like: See Nineteen-Inch Selvage

Wilton Carpet 1 like: A textile floor covering woven on a Jacquard loom that has a velvet-like surface as a result of the cut loops of a pile

Winch 2 likes: A hoist or windlass that lifts or transports heavy loads

Wind Brace 0 likes: Metal straps or wood blocks, positioned diagonally on the inside of a wall, to fortifies the frame against lateral forces

Wind Farm 0 likes: Land with numerous wind turbines that produce electrical power

Wind Load 0 likes: A load on a building produced by wind pressure

Wind Shelf 0 likes: Concave ledge in a fireplace behind the damper at the bottom of the smoke chamber that directs the cold air downdraft in the flue to combine with the hot air rising in the flue

Winder 2 likes: A stair tread at a turn in a staircase that has a greater width at one end than the other,

Window 0 likes: An opening in the wall of a building or structure with a glass pane that admits light and air; closed by sashes or casements

Window Blind 2 likes: A flexible window covering

Window Box 1 like: A box on an exterior window sill that is used to grow plants

Window Buck 0 likes: Rectangular or square box containing a window that is installed in a concrete foundation or block wall

Window Frame 0 likes: The static part of a window assembly; the window sash fits into the window frame

Window Guard Lock 0 likes: Tamperproof hasp with a padlock for window guards

Window Guard, Diamond Mesh 1 like: See Diamond Mesh Window Guard

Window Guard, Steel Bar Grille 0 likes: Guard produced from a steel bar grille

Window Guard, Woven Wire 1 like: Guard consisting of woven wire

Window Head 0 likes: The assembly of components at the top of a window frame

Window Header 1 like: A horizontal structural component spanning the top of a window opening to serve as a support for the load located above it

Window Pane 4 likes: A pane of glass located in a window

Window Sash 1 like: The functioning , moving portion of a window consisting of window panes and the borders

Window Screen 1 like: A fine mesh screen mounted in a window frame to eliminate insects

Window Seat 1 like: A seat constructed in a window recess

Window Shade 1 like: An adjustable window covering that is used to control the amount of light admitted into an area, or to provide privacy

Window Sill 0 likes: The horizontal component at the bottom of a window

Window Stool 0 likes: Wood, masonry, or ceramic tile fitted on the window sill plate on the interior of the window against the lowest rail of the lower sash

Window Treatment 3 likes: Hanging curtains or blinds on a window’s interior

Window Unit 1 like: Air conditioner located in a window

Window, Drive-Up 4 likes: See Drive-Up Window

Window, Service 1 like: See Service Window

Windowwall 0 likes: The opening in a wall surface containing a window unit or wall of window assemblies

Wiping Stain 2 likes: See Pigment Oil Stain

Wire 2 likes: A metal thread or thin supple rod used for fences, conducting electricity, or binding objects together

Wire Cut Brick 1 like: A brick whose surfaces have wires cutting into the clay prior to baking

Wire Glass 1 like: Glass into which wire mesh was embedded during fabrication

Wire Guard 1 like: Flexible metal strands fabricated as a unit to enclose moving machinery parts around an excavation or equipment, preventing injury to the operator

Wire Hook Hanger 2 likes: Flexible hook-shaped metal strand that secures a construction component

Wire Mesh 1 like: A longitudinal and transverse wire series arranged substantially perpendicular to each other

Wire Mesh Partition 0 likes: A partition composed of wire mesh.

Wire Nut 2 likes: A device that fastens electrical wire conductors together due to twisting

Wire, Aluminum 2 likes: See Aluminum Wire

Wire, Chicken 2 likes: See Chicken Wire

Wireway 2 likes: A sheet metal trough with a hinge or detachable cover to hold electrical cables

Wiring, Flexible 1 like: See Flexible Wiring

With Framing 0 likes: Of gypsumboard application; see Parallel Application

Withdrawing Room 0 likes: Drawing Room

Withe 0 likes: A single row of brick or stone in a wall; A masonry divider or partition between flues in a chimney when there is more than one flue

Withering 1 like: Gloss loss frequently resulting from varnishing open-pore woods without filling the pores, using unsuitable undercoats and adding topcoat prior to the undercoat has dried

Witness 0 likes: A person who observed or heard an event and testifies about these events at a hearing

Wolfram 0 likes: See Tungsten

Wolmanized Lumber 0 likes: Lumber treated with Wolman salts to arrest decay

Wonderboard ™ 1 like: A concrete and fiberglass panel usually employed as a ceramic tile backing material on bathtub decks

Wood 1 like: Tough fibrous material from a tree trunk and branches

Wood Alcohol 0 likes: Toxic alcohol produced by the destructively distilling wood

Wood Anchor 4 likes: A bolt or fastening device that fastens wood to wood, or wood to other materials

Wood Backing 1 like: See Backing

Wood Batten 2 likes: Wood strips covering upright joints on boards employed as outside siding

Wood Beam 0 likes: Horizontal wood structural part supporting consistent, concentrated loads

Wood Blocking 1 like: Small wood pieces that secure, join, or reinforce components, or to fill spaces between parts

Wood Bottom Plate 0 likes: Horizontal wood lumber part on the floor sheath that supports wall studs and fastens them together; employed in Western or platform framing construction; Horizontal component that supports the upright wall studs and posts; also known as a mudsill, and employed in balloon framing construction

Wood Buck 1 like: Wood frame built into a concrete or masonry wall to house the finish door frame

Wood Bumper 2 likes: Wood part that absorbs impact and thwarts damage to other surfaces

Wood Cant Strip 0 likes: Slanted wood strip used at the edge of a roofing sheath to transition the sheath from a horizontal to upright surface

Wood Cap 2 likes: Wood component on top of an assembly that terminates or finishes the assembly

Wood Carriage 0 likes: Slanting beam mounted among stringers to reinforce steps of a wood staircase

Wood Chip Mulch 1 like: Wood chips that are dispersed on the terrain to avert erosion, minimize evaporation, and enhance the soil

Wood Chisel 2 likes: A sharp-ended manual tool that is employed to carve various shapes from wood

Wood Column 0 likes: Upright wood structural part that supports a beam

Wood Cornice 1 like: Horizontal wood molding that may consist of multi-shaped pieces

Wood Diagonal Bracing 1 like: Diagonal wood part that stops buckling or wood studs rotating

Wood Fascia 0 likes: Upright flat wood part of the eaves, cornice, gable or another finish to which the gutter is attached

Wood Fiber 0 likes: A relatively long, narrow wood cell tapering, and closed at each end; Shredded, stain-proof wood employed as an aggregate with gypsum plaster

Wood Filler 1 like: Highly pigmented substance that fills and levels off the pores in open-grained woods

Wood Float 1 like: Flat wood trowel employed for floating mortar immediately prior to the pure coat

Wood Floor Joist 3 likes: Horizontal structural part of a framed floor

Wood Floor Removal 2 likes: Ripping up wood floors

Wood Flooring 1 like: Floor coverings that have dressed and finished boards

Wood Flooring Institute (WFI) 0 likes: 111 Chesterfield Industrial Boulevard, Suite B, Chesterfield, MI 63005, Tel: (636) 519-9663, URL: www.nwfa.org

Wood Flour 1 like: Fine wood particles that can pass through a 40-100 mesh screen

Wood Frame 1 like: The wood floors, roofs, exterior and interior walls of a building or structure

Wood Furring 1 like: Wood strips added to concrete or masonry surfaces to create a planar surface and a fastening base for finish materials

Wood Girder 1 like: Horizontal, large wood beam that supports intense loads at separate points along its length; supports rafters, joists and other loads

Wood Ground 1 like: Thin wood strips applied around openings and at the edge to guide strike off of plaster in order to achieve a straight and level or plumb line for the plaster

Wood Header 0 likes: Wood member positioned across joist ends or at wall openings in order to reinforce joists or studs at openings in a framing assembly

Wood Joist 2 likes: Horizontal framing component of a floor, flat roof, or ceiling

Wood Lath 1 like: Wood strips, 1-1/4 inches wide by 3/8 inch thick, that were employed as a plaster base

Wood Lintel 1 like: Wood header above openings in wood frame walls

Wood Nailer 1 like: Wood strip connected to steel or concrete to expedite nailing

Wood Pile 0 likes: A thin, long wood pole located in the ground to serve as a foundation and support upright loads

Wood Plate 0 likes: Horizontal wood part on top or bottom of wall studs that fastens them together and supports studs, rafters, or joists

Wood Pole 1 like: A long wood piece that supports utility lines, often round

Wood Railing Newel 0 likes: Main wood post at the bottom of a stairway, or the main support of a winding staircase

Wood Railing Post 0 likes: Large upright wood component that supports railing

Wood Ridge Rafter 0 likes: Horizontal wood supportive part at the top of a sloping roof just below the sheathing

Wood Riser 1 like: The upright wood board below the tread in a stairway

Wood Roof Cricket 0 likes: Small raised wood roof area that diverts water around a curb, chimney, or other protrusions

Wood Roof Curb 0 likes: Wood component raised above the roof surface in order to mount equipment and other items

Wood Roof Edge Strip 0 likes: Wood strip along the plane of roof insulation at the edge of the roof fastened to the structural roof deck to secure the roofing membrane

Wood Roof Nailer 0 likes: Wood strip in the plane of roof insulation attached to the structural roof deck to secure the roofing membrane

Wood Saddle 0 likes: Short horizontal wood part located on top of a wood column, providing a seat for a girder

Wood Saw 1 like: See Handsaw

Wood Screw 1 like: A screw for attaching items in wood

Wood Shake 2 likes: Hand–split shingle

Wood Shingle 1 like: Cedar wood fabricated roof covering in modular widths, lengths, and rectangular shapes

Wood Siding 0 likes: Wood employed as an exterior surface or cladding for outside framed walls to protect from the elements

Wood Sill Plate 0 likes: Horizontal wood part on the bottom of wall studs to fasten them together on concrete or masonry; horizontal timbers which either lie on the masonry foundations or actually form the foundation

Wood Sleeper 0 likes: Wood component positioned on concrete floor to reinforce and accept the wood subfloor fastening or finish flooring

Wood Stain 1 like: Wood finish with a dye or pigment sinking into the wood fibers

Wood Stair Framing 1 like: Wood structural components reinforcing stairs or stair openings

Wood Structural Panel 0 likes: A structural panel product mainly made of wood, including all veneer plywood, composite panels of veneer and wood-based material, and mat-formed panels

Wood Threshold 0 likes: Wood strip secured to floor under a door

Wood Treatment 0 likes: Application of stains or chemicals to thwart fire, decay, or deterioration as a result of the elements

Wood Trim 1 like: Wood millwork, mainly moldings, to finish and cover joints and openings

Wood Truss 0 likes: A structural component of wood pieces arranged in a triangle, frequently employed to brace a roof

Wood Wool 0 likes: Long, curly, thin strands of wood employed as an aggregate component for various particleboards

Wood-Fibered Plaster 0 likes: Gypsum basecoat plaster that contain wood fiber as an aggregate and employed with or without other aggregates

Wooden Brick 0 likes: Seasoned wood brick positioned to create a nailing area in masonry walls

Woodwork Institute of California (WIC) 0 likes: P. O. Box 980247, West Sacramento, CA 95798, Tel: (916) 372-9943, URL: www.wicnet.org

Woodwork, Architectural 0 likes: A high quality finish work employing wood for decoration

Wool 0 likes: Fine, soft hair from the coats of sheep and goats, also yarn produced from this hair and the fabric produced from it; Wool-like substances including mineral wool, steel wool, and lead wool

Wool, Mineral 0 likes: Fibrous, lightweight, vitreous materials employed for sound and temperature insulation

Work 1 like: Performance of the entire scope of a specified construction project including labor, materials, equipment, and other items necessary to fulfill all the contractual requirements

Work Letter 0 likes: Often referred to as Exhibit B in a lease or rental agreement, a written statement of the specific materials and amounts the owner will provide; usually related to the leasing or renting of office space by a tenant within a Building Envelope; see TI’S and Building Envelope

Work Load 0 likes: Electric conductor among the arc-welding current source and the work

Work Order 0 likes: A written order signed by the owner or representative of a contractual issue requiring performance by the contractor

Work Product Exclusion 0 likes: A liability insurance policy provision that holds back coverage for damages to work produced by or on behalf of the insured

Work Station 1 like: An area defined by work surfaces used by one or a few employees, including ticket booths, sales counters, guardhouses, toll booths, and counter spaces in restaurant kitchens

Work Top 0 likes: A counter top

Workbench 3 likes: Table where work is performed

Workers Compensation 0 likes: A system established by law whereby an employer is responsible for medical expenses and disabilities of workers injured on the job; payable if the employer is not at fault or if worker carelessness impacted the injury; the employer is not automatically liable for damages pertaining to pain and suffering

Working Capital 0 likes: Capital available for current use in the functioning of a business calculated by the current cash holdings and assets readily converted into cash minus current liabilities

Working Day 0 likes: A day on which construction work may be accomplished, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays

Working Drawing 0 likes: A drawing with plan and section views, details, dimensions, and notes so that it can be constructed and reproduced without instructions; see Drawings

Working Drawings 0 likes: Drawings of the project that form part of the contractual documentation

Working Stress 0 likes: The maximum allowable stress employed in the working stress design of a component

Working Stress Design 0 likes: Design of concrete and masonry components where safety is achieved by limiting permissible stresses

Workout 0 likes: A procedure where a borrower negotiates a mortgage or trust deed restructure instead of a foreclosure

World Changing Architects 0 likes: World changing architects are people who design buildings that shape our world and may supervise their construction.

Woven Carpet 2 likes: Carpet produced by interlacing backing and pile yarns on a loom simultaneously

WP 0 likes: Water proofing

Wraparound Deed of Trust or Mortgage 0 likes: See All-Inclusive Deed of Trust or Mortgage

Wrapped Drywall 0 likes: Areas that receive entire drywall cover, such as in the doorway openings of bifold and bipass closet doors

WRCLA 1 like: Western Red Cedar Lumber Association

Wrench 1 like: A hand or power tool, that grip and turn bolts and nuts

Wrinkle 0 likes: A pattern of ridges; See Cockle

Wrinkle Finish 0 likes: A varnish or enamel film with fine wrinkles or ridges employed widely as a novelty finish

Wrongful Death 0 likes: Unlawful homicide, whether negligent or intentional

Wrought Iron 1 like: A resilient, flexible, soft form of iron used for forging or rolling; not cast iron

WWF 0 likes: Welded Wire Fabric

WWM 0 likes: Welded Wire Mesh

WWPA 0 likes: Western Wood Products Association

Wye 1 like: A Y-shaped pipe fitting that connects three pipes

Wythe 0 likes: Each continuous upright section or layer of masonry one unit thick; also called a Tier; Thick masonry segregating chimney flues

Washer

A narrow flat ring or a punctured plate employed in joints or units to ensure tautness or reduce friction

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