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2/10 RULE 4/1 RULE AC (ALTERNATING CURRENT) ACCESS ACETAL PLASTIC ADMIXTURES AGGREGATE AIR BRAKE AIR CONDITIONING COIL AIR COOLED FLUE AIR ENTRAINMENT AGENT ALL PURPOSE MUD ALUMINUM OXIDE AMERICAN STANDARD GAUGE AMERICAN WALLPAPER ROLL ANCHOR BOLT ANGLE IRON ANSI ANTI-OXIDANT COMPOUND ANTI-STRATIFICATION DEVICE APP (ATACTIC POLYPROPYLENE) APRON ARCHITECT AREA WELL ARMORED/BX CABLE ATTACHED DRAWER AUGER AUGHT AWNING WINDOW BACKER BOARD BACKING BACKING LAYER (VINYL FLOORING) BACKSPLASH BAFFLE BAKED-ENAMEL FINISH BALLAST BALUSTER BALUSTRADE BAND JOIST BASE BLOCK BASE COAT BASE MOLDING BASE SHEET BASE SHOE BASEBOARD BATT INSULATION BATTEN TYPE STANDING SEAM BAY WINDOW BEAM POCKET BEARING POINTS BEARING WALL BERBER CARPET BEVELED BIFOLD DOOR BIRD STOP BISCUIT BISCUIT SAW BLACK LABEL SHINGLES BLIND MITER BLIND NAILING BLOCK BLOCK BACKSPLASH BLOCK BUILDING SYSTEM BLOCK CELL BLOCKING BLOWN-IN INSULATION BLUE LABEL SHINGLES BOARD AND BATTEN SIDING BOARD FOOT BOARD ON BOARD SIDING BOARD SIDING BOND BOND BEAM BOOK MATCHED VENEER BOOKING BOOSTER TILE BOTTOM CHORD BOTTOM RAIL BOW WINDOW BOWSTRING TRUSS BOX (CABINET) BOX BEAM BOX NAILS BREAD LOAF TOP RAIL BRICK TIE BROOM FINISH BROWN COAT BRUISED COMPOSITION SHINGLES BRUSH TEXTURE BTU (BRITISH THERMAL UNIT) BUILDING INSPECTOR BUILDING PERMIT BUILT-IN CABINETS BUILT-UP ROOF BULL FLOAT BUNK BURN PATTERN BUTT HINGE BUTT JOINT BUTT SEAMS BUTTERFLY ROOF BYPASS DOOR CALROD BURNER CAMBER CAN CANT STRIP CANTILEVER CAP MOLD PIECE (TILE) CAP ROW CAP SHEET CAP TILE CARPET COVE CARPET GRAIN CASEMENT WINDOW CASING CATWALK CAULKING CELLULOSE INSULATION CEMENT CEMENT BOARD CEMENT BOARD UNDERLAYMENT CENTER BEARING WALL CERAMIC MOSAIC TILE CERAN TOP CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY CHAIR RAIL CHARRING CHEM SPONGE CHIMNEY CRICKET CINDER BLOCK CIRCLE CIRCUIT BREAKER CIRCULAR SAW CIRCULAR STAIR CIRCUMFERENCE CLAY BLOCK CLAY TILE CLEAR ALL HEART CLERESTORY ROOF CLOSED VALLEY SYSTEM CLUSTERED WIRING COAL TAR PITCH COLD JOINT COLLAR TIE COLONIAL BASE AND CASING COLONIST DOOR COM-PLY COMBUSTION AIR COMMON GABLE TRUSS COMMON NAILS COMMON RAFTER COMPACTIBLE FILL COMPOSITION SHINGLE COMPRESSION COMPRESSION FITTING CONCRETE CONCRETE MASONRY UNIT (CMU) CONCRETE STAMP CONCRETE TILE CONDUCTOR CONDUIT CONTACT ADHESIVE CONTINUOUS FOOTING CONTINUOUS-CLEANING OVEN CONTROL JOINT CONVECTION OVEN COPE JOINT COPPER OXIDE CORBEL BLOCK CORE SAMPLE CORNER BLOCK CORNER BRACING CORNICE CORRUGATED ROOF PANEL COSMETIC DAMAGE COTTAGE CHEESE TEXTURE COUNTERBALANCE COUNTERFLASHING COURSE COVE PIECE (TILE) CRAWL SPACE STRUCTURE CREAM CRIMP RING CRIPPLE RAFTER CRIPPLES CROWN CROWN MOLDING CROWNED STUD CROWNING CUBIC FOOT CUBIC YARD CULINARY WATER CULTURED COUNTERTOP CULTURED MARBLE COUNTERTOP CULTURED STONE CUPOLA CUSTOM CABINETS CUT PILE DAMPER DAMPPROOFING DC (DIRECT CURRENT) DEAD LOAD DECIMALIZED FEET DEDICATED CIRCUIT DESIGNER DETAIL DEVELOPER DIAGONAL BRACING DIAGONAL WOOD FLOOR INSTALLATION DIAGRAMMING DIAMETER DIMENSIONAL BEAM DIMENSIONS DOOR GASKET DOOR HARDWARE DOORSTOP DORMER DOUBLE BULLNOSE (TILE) DOUBLE HUNG WINDOW DOUBLE PULL DOWEL DOWNFLOW FURNACE DOWNSPOUT DRAFTER DRAIN FIELD DRIP EDGE DRIP LOOP DROP SIDING DROP WIRE DRY LOOPER DRY-IN DRYING DRYWALL DUPLEX OUTLET DUTCH DOOR EASEMENT EAVE EDGE GRAIN SHINGLES ELASTOMERIC ROOF SYSTEM ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT ELECTROSTATIC FILTER ELEVATION EMERGENCY BOARD-UP END-MATCHED BOARD EPDM (ETHYLENE PROPYLENE DIENE MONOMER) EPOXY EPOXY FINISH EPOXY INJECTION TECHNIQUE ETCHED GLASS EUROPEAN STYLE CABINET DOOR HINGE EUROPEAN WALLPAPER ROLL EVAPORATIVE COOLER EXCAVATOR EXPANDED FOAM EXPOSED AGGREGATE FINISH EXTRUDED FOAM FACE (CABINET) FACE FRAME FACE NAILING FACTORY BUILT FIREPLACE FALSE TREAD AND RISER FASCIA FEEDER FERRULE FIBER AND CEMENT SHINGLE FIBERGLASS FIELD TOTAL FILLET FINAL INSPECTION FINGER JOINT FINISH FINISH COAT FINISH ELECTRICAL FINISH NAIL FIRE BLOCKING FIRE TAPE FIRE WALL FIREBOX FIRED BRICK FISH TAPE FIVE-QUARTER FIXED WINDOW FLAGSTONE FLANGES FLASHING FLASHING FLAT GRAIN SHINGLES FLAT PAINT FLAT PANEL FLAT ROOF FLAT TILES FLAT TRUSS FLAT-LAID COUNTERTOP FLITCH FLOAT FLOOD COAT FLOOD PLANE STRUCTURE FLOOR PLAN FLOOR SYSTEM FLOOR TRUSS FLUE FLUE CAP FLUSH DOOR SLAB FLUSH TILE FLUTED CASING FLY RAFTER FOAM FOUNDATION SILL PLATE SEALER FOOTING FORCED AIR SYSTEM FORMICA FOUNDATION FOUNDATION SILL PLATE FOUR WAY INSPECTION FRACTURED COMPOSITION SHINGLES FRAME AND PANEL CABINET DOOR FRAMED STYLE CABINETS FRAMED TO SQUARE FRAMELESS STYLE CABINETS FRAMING TIE FREEZELESS HOSE BIBB FRIEZE BOARD FROST LINE FULL BACKSPLASH FULL BASEMENT STRUCTURE FULL EXTENSION GLIDE FULL HEIGHT CABINET FURRING STRIP GABLE END TRUSS GABLE ROOF GABLE VENT GAMBREL ROOF GAMBREL TRUSS GANDY GANG GASKET GAUGE GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER GIRDER GLAZED TILE GLAZED WALL TILE GLIDE GLUE-LAM BEAM GLUE-UP TILE GOOSE NECK GRADE BEAM GRADE STAKE GRANULAR LOSS GRASS CLOTH WALLPAPER GREENFIELD CONDUIT GRID GROMMET GROUND GROUND FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER (GFCI) GROUND WIRE GROUNDWATER GROUT GUN NAILS GUSSET GUTTER GUTTER BRACE GYPSUM-BASED UNDERLAYMENT HALF BOND HALF LACED VALLEY HALOGEN BURNER HAND TEXTURE HAND-SPLIT AND RESAWN SHAKE HAND/FEET RULE HAUNCH HEADER HEADER JAMB HEARTH HEARTWOOD HEAT BLISTER HEAT EXCHANGER HEAT LINE HEAT PUMP SYSTEM HEATING ZONE HERRINGBONE WOOD FLOOR INSTALLATION HIGH DENSITY URETHANE FOAM PAD HIGH GLOSS PAINT HIGH-LOW RANGE HIP HIP JACK HIP RAFTER HIP ROOF HOCK TEXTURE HOLD-DOWN HOLIDAYS HOME RUN HONEYCOMBING HOPPER WINDOW HOT MOP INSTALLATION METHOD HUMIDIFIER HURRICANE CLIPS HURRICANE TIE HVAC HYDRATION HYDRAULIC SHOCK HYPOTENUSE I-JOIST ICE-DAMMING IDENTIFICATION INDOOR-OUTDOOR CARPET INJECTED INSULATION INSIDE CORNER INSULATED FLUE INSULATION BOARD INSULATION STOP INTEGRAL DRAWER INTERIOR PLASTER INTERLOCKING SHINGLE INTERLOCKING SIDING ISOLATION MEMBRANE JACK RAFTER JALOUSIE WINDOW JAMB JOIST HANGER JOISTS JUNCTION BOX KILN DRYING KING STUD KNOB AND TUBE WIRING KNOCK DOWN TEXTURE KRAFT PAPER L FLASHING L-V-L BEAM LACED VALLEY LAMINATED SHINGLE LAMINATED SQUARE EDGE (COUNTERTOP) LAP SIDING LASER LEVEL LATH LAUAN PLYWOOD UNDERLAYMENT LAUNDRY ROOM PAN LAYOUT BOARD LAZY SUSAN LEAD LEVEL LEVEL CUT LIGHT LINOLEUM LINTEL LIVE LOAD LOOKOUTS LOOP PILE LOW E LOW VOLTAGE WIRING LOW-PROFILE WATER CLOSET LOWER UNIT (CABINET) MACHINE TEXTURE MAIN DISCONNECT MANSARD ROOF MANTEL MASKING MASONRY MASS PRODUCED CABINETS MCM (MICRO CIRCULAR MILLS) MDF (Medium Density Fiberboard) MEASURING TAPE MELAMINE MEMBRANE MESSENGER CABLE METAL STIRRUP METER BASE MILL FINISH MILLED CABINETS MINERAL FIBERS MITER JOINT MODIFIED BITUMEN ROOF SYSTEM MONO TRUSS MONOLITHIC POUR MORTAR MORTAR BED MORTISE MULLION MULTIPLE PLY MEMBRANE MUNTIN MURIATIC ACID NAIL GUN NATURAL BREAK NEUTRAL CONDUCTOR NEWEL POST NON-BEARING WALL NON-STRUCTURAL PART NUMBER NUMBER ONE COMMON OAK GRADE NUMBER TWO COMMON OAK GRADE NYLON CARPET ON CENTER ONE QUARTER BOND ONE THIRD BOND ONE-CALL ONE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS ONE-QUARTER TURN OPEN VALLEY ORANGE PEEL TEXTURE ORDER OF OPERATIONS ORGANIC SHINGLES ORGANIZATION ORIENTED STRAND BOARD (OSB) OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) OUTSIDE CORNER OVERHANG OVERHEAD DOOR OVERLAP JOINT OVERLAPPING SEAM OVERLAYING SHINGLES OVERSPRAY P TRAP PAINT GRADE MATERIAL PAINT SPRAYER PAN TILE PAPER BURNS PARALLELOGRAM PARAPET WALL PARQUET FLOORING PARTICLEBOARD UNDERLAYMENT PARTITION WALL PASSAGE HARDWARE PATTERN LAYER (VINYL FLOORING) PATTERN RAFTER PAVER PB (POLYBUTYLENE) PB MANIFOLD SYSTEM PEA GRAVEL PEA GRAVEL PEAK PENNY PERCOLATION PERIMETER PERIMETER BACKING PERIMETER DRAIN PERSPECTIVE PI PIER PIER AND GRADE BEAM STRUCTURE PILE PIPE DOPE PIPE FLASHING PITCH PLAIN SAWING PLAN PLAN VIEW PLANK FLOORING PLASTER PLASTIC LAMINATE COUNTERTOP PLASTICISERS PLASTICITY PLATE PLATE GLASS MIRROR PLENUM PLOT PLAN PLUG-AND-PLANK FLOORING PLUMB PLUMB CUT PLUMBING STACK PLY SHEET PLYWOOD PLYWOOD UNDERLAYMENT PNEUMATIC NAILER POCKET DOOR POINT OF ORIGIN POLYVINYL ACETATE (PVA) POPCORN TEXTURE POST AND BEAM STRUCTURE POST-FORMED COUNTERTOP POURED-IN INSULATION POWER ROLLER POWER VENT PPFA (PLASTIC PIPE AND FITTINGS ASSOCIATION) PRE-HUNG DOOR PRE-PASTED WALLPAPER PRESSURE TANK PRESSURE-TREATED LUMBER PRESSURIZED IRRIGATION WATER PRIMER PRIVACY HARDWARE PROTECTED PATTERN PSI PULL PULSE SYSTEM PURLIN PVC (POLYVINYL CHLORIDE) PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM QUAD OUTLET QUARRY TILE QUARTERSAWING QUOIN RABBET JOINT RADIANT HEAT RADIATOR RADIUS RAFTER RAIL RAIL (CABINET ) RAISED PANEL RAISED PANEL DOOR RAKE RAKED JOINT RANGE RASP READY-SET TILE REBAR REBOND PAD RECESS-MOUNT MEDICINE CABINET RED LABEL SHINGLES REFRIGERANT GAS REINFORCING STEEL RELEASE FILM RELEASE POWDER REPAIRABILITY RESTAURANT STYLE RANGE REVERSE BOARD AND BATTEN RIDGE RIDGE BOARD RIDGE VENT RIGHT TRIANGLE RIMLESS SINK RIMMED SINK RISE RISER RODDING ROLL ROOFING ROLL TILES ROLLED TYPE STANDING SEAM ROLLED WALL COVERING ROMEX ROOF DECK ROOF DIAPHRAGM ROOF DRAIN ROOF SYSTEM ROOFING FELT ROSETTE ROUGH ELECTRICAL ROUGH FASCIA ROUGH LEVEL ROUGH-IN ROUNDING DECIMALS ROUNDING DIMENSIONS ROUNDING TO A UNIT ROUTER ROWLOCK RUBBERIZED ASPHALT MEMBRANE RUN RUNG S TILE SADDLE T SAILOR COURSE SAPWOOD SAW KERF SAW KERF COUNTERFLASHING SBS (STYRENE BUTADINE STYRENE) SCISSOR TRUSS SCRATCH COAT SCREED SCULPTURED CARPET SCUPPER SEAL TAB SEALANT STRIP SEALER SEALER COAT SEAMLESS GUTTER SECTION SELECT AND BETTER OAK GRADE SELF-CLEANING OVEN SELF-TAPPING SCREW SEMI-GLOSS PAINT SEPTIC TANK SERPENTINE SEAM (Carpet) SET BACK SEWER LATERAL SEWER STUB/SEPTIC TANK STUB SHAG CARPET SHAKE FELT SHAKE ROOF SHAPER SHEAR FORCE SHEAR PANEL SHEATHING SHED ROOF SHEET SIDING SHEET STOCK SHIM SHINGLE SHINGLE TACK COAT SHIPLAP SIDING SHOVEL FOOTING SHOWER PAN SIDE JAMB SIDING SIDING BATTEN SILL PIECE SILT BARRIER SINGLE HUNG WINDOW SINGLE MEMBRANE SINGLE PANE GLASS SINGLE WALL FLUE SINKERS SIX POINTS OF ESTIMATION SIZING SKIRT SLAB CABINET DOOR SLATE SLEEPER SLIDING T BEVEL SLIDING WINDOW SLIP MATCHED VENEER SLIP SHEET SLOPE SLUMP BLOCK SMOKE SHELF SMOOTHWALL TEXTURE SNAP TYPE STANDING SEAM SOFFIT SOILS ENGINEER SOLDIER COURSE SOLID PLASTIC COUNTERTOP SOLID SURFACE COUNTERTOP SOOT MAPPING SPACE SAVER MICROWAVE OVEN SPACED SHEATHING SPALLING SPAN SPIRAL STAIR SPLICE SPONGE TEXTURE SQUARE SQUARE FOOT SQUARE YARD SQUARING A WALL STACK BOND STAIN-GRADE MATERIAL STAIR BRACKET STAIR CLAMPS STAIR-STEP PATTERN STANDARD BASEBOARD AND CASING STANDARD CABINET DOOR HINGE STANDING SEAM STARTER COURSE STARTER STRIP STEEL BEAM STEPPED FLASHING STICK STILE (CABINET ) STONE COUNTERTOP STOOL STORM WINDOW STORY POLE STRAIGHT SEAM STRAIGHT WOOD FLOOR INSTALLATION STRINGER STRIP FLOORING STRIPPABLE WALLPAPER STRUCTURAL DAMAGE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER STRUCTURAL PART STRUTS STUBBED OUT STUCCO STUCCO SHEATHING STUD GUN STUDS SUBCONTRACTOR SUBSTRATE SUPPORTING EVENTS SURFACE DRYING SURFACE-MOUNT MEDICINE CABINET SURFACING SUSPENDED CEILING SYSTEM SYMBOLS SYNTHETIC FELT PAD SYNTHETIC STUCCO T & P VALVE T LOCK SHINGLE T1-11 (Texture 1-11) TABBED SHINGLE TALC TAMPING TAPER SIDING TAPERSAWN SHAKE TECHNIQUE TEFLON TAPE TEGULAR TILE TEMPERED GLASS TENSION TERMITE SHIELD TERNE TERRAZZO THERMAL BREAK THERMAL PANE GLASS THERMOSTAT THINSET TILE THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS THREE-WAY SWITCH THRESHOLD THROAT TILE BASE TILE COUNTERTOP TIN-CAN STUD TOE KICK TOE-NAILING TON TONGUE AND GROOVE TOOL MARKS TOOLED JOINT TOOLING TOP CHORD TOP CHORD BEARING TOP RAIL TOPPING MUD TORCH DOWN INSTALLATION METHOD TRANSFORMER TRAPEZOID TRAVELERS TREAD TRIANGLE TRIMMER TRIMMER BIT TRIPLE PANE GLASS TROWEL TROWEL PATTERN FINISH TRUSS TUBE FORM TUCK CARPET INSTALLATION METHOD TURBINE VENT TURBO TOILET TURTLE VENT TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS TYPE X DRYWALL U-BLOCK UFER GROUND UNDER-SLAB UTILITIES UNDERCOURSING SHINGLES UNDERLAYMENT UNMATCHED VENEER UNTEMPERED HARDBOARD UNDERLAYMENT UPFLOW FURNACE UPPER UNIT (CABINET) USABLE WALL SPACE VALLEY VALLEY FLASHING VALLEY JACK VALLEY RAFTER VANITY CABINET VAPOR BARRIER VENEER VENEER VIBRATION VIEW VINYL COVE VINYL FACED WALL COVERING VOLUTE WAFERBOARD WAFFLE TYPE SPONGE RUBBER PAD WAINSCOT WALERS WALL TIE WASTE WATER CLOSET WATER SOFTENER WATER TABLE WATERFALL CARPET INSTALLATION METHOD WATERPROOFING WEAR LAYER (VINYL FLOORING) WEATHER HEAD WEB WEEP HOLES WEEP MOISTURE WEEPING MORTAR WELDED WIRE MESH (WWM) WET-SET METHOD WHOLE PIECE VENEER WIND LOCKS WINDOW BUCK WINDOW FIN WINDOW PANE WINDOW SASH WINDOW SILL WINDOW STOP WIRE GAUGE WIRE NUT WIRE REINFORCEMENT WOOD BLOCK COUNTERTOP WOOD EDGE (COUNTERTOP) WOOD SHINGLE ROOF WOOL CARPET WYTHE Z FLASHING ZERO CLEARANCE FIREPLACE