The shingling hatchet usually has a 14 oz. Forged steel head and a milled, crowned face for driving roofing nails. The blade affords a 2-1/8 inch cut, a nail pulling slot, a back blade for slicing and three hole gauges to measure shingle overlap.
Shiplap
Siding boards of special design nailed horizontally to vertical studs with or without intervening sheathing to form the exposed surface of outside walls of frame buildings.
Shoe
(1) Type of base molding which is the finish piece between the finished wall and the floor. (2) The board that is used at the bottom of a concrete form to hold the studs from the form.
Shoe molding
Finish trim which is installed between the floor and the baseboard to hide any irregularities in the seam between the floor and wall or baseboard.
Shop vacuum
Shopping center
Collection of retail stores with a common parking area and, usually one or more large department, discount or food stores and possibly a movie theater. It may or may not be enclosed in a mall.
Shoring
System of temporary supports, either horizontal or vertical.
Shoring jacks
Jacks, which put side pressure on the shoring along trench walls to hold them in place, which are installed to prevent cave-ins.
Short circuit
Malfunction of the electrical wiring that results in a portion of the current being diverted to a conductor that is not the usual part of the point on the circuit, such as when a wire has a break and touches a piece of metal, which then becomes a conductor.
Short circuit current
The current flowing freely through an external circuit that has no load or resistance; the maximum current possible.
