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| Dry-set ceramic tile grout
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Portland cement, sand with additives having water retention abilities, mixed together to be used grouting walls and floors with only normal use. |
| Dry-set ceramic tile mortar
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Portland cement and sand with additives having water retention abilities, mixed together to be used for bonding ceramic tile to a base. |
| Dry-set mortar
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A mixture of portland cement with sand and additives imparting water retentivity, which is used as a bond coat for setting tile. Normally, when this mortar is used, neither the tile nor the walls have to be soaked during installation. |
| Dry-stone wall
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Stone laid for a wall without the use of mortar. |
| Dryer receptacle
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Electrical outlets for a clothes dryer must be 240 volt, 30 ampere. |
| Drying oil
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Oils, derived from certain plants and which dry to a solid in the open air, provide good protective coating for wood. |
| Drywall
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Gypsum or plaster wrapped construction material, produced in large sheets to be nailed to wall studs. It comes in a variety of sizes: 4' wide in 6', 7', 8', 10', 12' and 16' lengths and 3/8', 1Ú2" and 5/8" thicknesses. The 5/8" thickness comes in only the 4' X 8' size because of its weight and is normally used to fireproof walls. |
| Drywall blisters
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Gypsum wallboard defect, which allows the facing paper to become unattached from the gypsum core. |
| Drywall construction
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The construction of stone or block walls without using concrete or mortar; traditionally used for fieldstone wall construction. |
| Drywall hammer
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Handheld tool, which has a flat striking surface on one end of the head, which is, used with gypsum drywall nails. The other end of the head has a hatchet-like blade, which is dull and used for prying instead of cutting. |
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