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| Breastsummer
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The large horizontal beam in the breast of a wall, which is used for support. |
| Breathe
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The ability of a paint film to permit the passage of moisture vapor without causing blistering, cracking, or peeling. |
| Breather roof
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Roof constructed on a storage tank and designed to expand and contract directly with the level or stored material (liquid). The design prevents the loss through vaporization of the stored materials, as well as the escape and intermingling of gaseous vapors with the outside air. |
| Breathing zone
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The area of a room in which occupants breathe as they stand, sit, and lie down. |
| Breezeway
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A roofed walkway with open sides. It connects the house and garage. |
| Breezeway
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Roofed passageway, with open sides, which usually connects home to garage or a building to another building. |
| Brick
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Rectangular blocks of clay, molded and fired in a kiln, used for building. Four of the basic types are: building brick, firebrick, paving brick and facing brick. |
| Brick bond
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Style or pattern layout of brick. Alternately, the mortar joint between bricks. |
| Brick hammer
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| Brick masonry
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Construction of a brick, block or stone wall using mortar in various overlapping patterns. Brick used to tie a wall together longitudinally are called stretchers. Those used to tie it together transversely are termed headers. There are 12 brick-work bonding patterns, which have individual structural and decorative attributes. |
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