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| Saxony carpet
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Cut-pile carpet in a relatively dense construction, with well-defined individual tuft tips. Smoother finished saxonies are called "plushes.". |
| Sbs-modified
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Asphalt that has been combined with sbs (styrene-butadiene-styrene) polymers to increase its elasticity. |
| Scab
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Piece of lumber ties two other pieces together to strengthen the joint and provide support. |
| Scab ledger
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Horizontal framing piece which serves as a point to stop for the rafters of a hip roof where the hip rafters don't reach to the ridge but are stopped at the gable end, to form a Dutch Gable roof. It also is nailed across the last of the set of common rafters on a gable roof to form the shortened gable end base. |
| Scaffold
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Temporary structure erected to allow work to be done on a building or other structure, above the floor level, that would otherwise have to be done using a ladder. |
| Scaffold bracket
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Structure, usually triangle in shape, which attaches to a wall to form the base for the placement of scaffold planks. |
| Scaffold, hanging
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Scaffolding, for use with exterior work on multi-floored buildings, that is suspended from the building and can be raised and lowered. |
| Scaffold, morgen
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Scaffolding towers, not attached to a wall but freestanding, which support a platform section between them, allowing the platform to be raised and lowered. The basic towers can be adjusted for height with extensions when the towers are erected. This type of scaffold is excellent for use when erecting walls. |
| Scaffold, sectional
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Type if scaffolding which utilizes metal sections, which are attached to each other and may be stacked as high as needed for work on a high-rise building but becomes less practical at extremely high levels. |
| Scaffold, swinging
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Scaffolding, for use with exterior work on multi-floored buildings, that is suspended from the building and can be raised and lowered. |
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