Index: Definitions & List of Indices
- POST a QUESTION or COMMENT about definitions of terms used at this website and in buildings, construction, mechanical systems, plumbing, heating, electrical systems, environmental hazards, building inspection, building diagnostics, & the forensic investigation of buildings and the indoor environment.
Index to definitions at InspectApedia.com:
Article Index to definitions of terms used in building & home inspection, diagnosis, inspection, component installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, repair of building & home components, mechanical systems, and other parts.
InspectAPedia tolerates no conflicts of interest. We have no relationship with advertisers, products, or services discussed at this website.
- Daniel Friedman, Publisher/Editor/Author - See WHO ARE WE?
Index to Definitions & List of Articles Defining Building, Construction, Environmental & Inspection Terms
To find what you need quickly, if you don't want to scroll through this index you are welcome to use the page top or bottom SEARCH BOX to search InspectApedia for specific articles and information.
Indices to Articles at InspectApedia.com, sorted by Topic
- ARTICLE INDEX to AIR CLEANERS FILTERS PURIFIERS
- ARTICLE INDEX to AIR CONDITIONING & HEAT PUMPS
- ARTICLE INDEX to ANIMAL PESTS, ALLERGENS, HAZARDS
- ARTICLE INDEX to APPLIANCE REPAIR
- ARTICLE INDEX to ASBESTOS HAZARDS
- ARTICLE INDEX to BATH & KITCHEN
- ARTICLE INDEX to BUILDING AGE
- ARTICLE INDEX to BUILDING ALLERGENS
- ARTICLE INDEX to BUILDING ARCHITECTURE
- ARTICLE INDEX to BUILDING DAMAGE, DISASTER, REPAIR
- ARTICLE INDEX to BUILDING DECKS & PORCHES
- ARTICLE INDEX to BUILDING ENERGY SAVINGS
- ARTICLE INDEX to BUILDING ENVIRONMENT
- ARTICLE INDEX to BUILDING FLASHING
- ARTICLE INDEX to BUILDING FIRE SAFETY
- ARTICLE INDEX to BUILDING FLOOD DAMAGE
- ARTICLE INDEX to BUILDING FLOORING
- ARTICLE INDEX to BUILDING FREEZE PROTECTION
- ARTICLE INDEX to BUILDING & HOME INSPECTION
- ARTICLE INDEX to BUILDING INDOOR AIR QUALITY IAQ
- ARTICLE INDEX to BUILDING INSULATION
- ARTICLE INDEX to BUILDING INTERIORS
- ARTICLE INDEX to BUILDING LEAKS & WATER ENTRY
- ARTICLE INDEX to BUILDING LIGHTING
- ARTICLE INDEX to BUILDING MOISTURE
- ARTICLE INDEX to BUILDING ODOR DIAGNOSIS & CURE
- ARTICLE INDEX to BUILDING ROOFING
- ARTICLE INDEX to BUILDING SAFETY
- ARTICLE INDEX to BUILDING SIDING
- ARTICLE INDEX to BUILDING STAINS
- ARTICLE INDEX to BUILDING VENTILATION
- ARTICLE INDEX to CHIMNEYS & FLUES
- ARTICLE INDEX to CRAWL SPACES
- ARTICLE INDEX to DEFINITIONS
- ARTICLE INDEX to DOORS & WINDOWS
- ARTICLE INDEX to DRAIN SEPTIC SEWER PIPES
- ARTICLE INDEX to ELECTRIC HEAT
- ARTICLE INDEX to ELECTRICAL INSPECTION & TESTING
- ARTICLE INDEX to EXTERIORS of BUILDINGS
- ARTICLE INDEX to FIBERGLASS HAZARDS
- ARTICLE INDEX to FPE STAB-LOK BREAKERS & PANELS
- ARTICLE INDEX to GAS APPLIANCES, PIPING, CONTROLS
- ARTICLE INDEX to GAS HAZARDS in BUILDINGS
- ARTICLE INDEX to GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS
- ARTICLE INDEX to HEATING BOILERS
- ARTICLE INDEX to HEATING FURNACES
- ARTICLE INDEX to HEATING RADIATORS
- ARTICLE INDEX to HEATING SYSTEMS
- ARTICLE INDEX to HEATING OIL, OIL BURNERS, OIL FIRED HEATERS, OIL TANKS
- ARTICLE INDEX to HVAC DUCT SYSTEMS
- ARTICLE INDEX to HVAC THERMOSTATS
- ARTICLE INDEX to INSECT DAMAGE
- ARTICLE INDEX to MOLD CONTAMINATION & REMEDIATION
- ARTICLE INDEX to BUILDING NOISE DIAGNOSIS
- ARTICLE INDEX to BUILDING ODOR DIAGNOSIS & CURE
- ARTICLE INDEX to PAINTS & STAINS & FAILURES
- ARTICLE INDEX to PLUMBING SYSTEMS
- ARTICLE INDEX to PLUMBING VALVES
- ARTICLE INDEX to RADIANT HEAT
- ARTICLE INDEX to SEPTIC DRAINFIELDS & DBOXES
- ARTICLE INDEX to SEPTIC SYSTEMS
- ARTICLE INDEX to SEPTIC TANKS
- ARTICLE INDEX to SINKHOLES
- ARTICLE INDEX to SOLAR ENERGY
- ARTICLE INDEX to STAIRS RAILINGS LANDINGS RAMPS
- ARTICLE INDEX to STEAM BOILERS
- ARTICLE INDEX to T&P RELIEF VALVES
- ARTICLE INDEX to TOILET INFORMATION
- ARTICLE INDEX to WATER HEATERS
- ARTICLE INDEX to WATER SUPPLY, PUMPS TANKS WELLS
- ARTICLE INDEX to WATER TESTING
- ARTICLE INDEX to WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS
...
Continue reading at ARCHITECTURE & BUILDING COMPONENT ID or select a topic from the closely-related articles below, or see the complete ARTICLE INDEX.
Or see these
Recommended Articles
Suggested citation for this web page
ARTICLE INDEX to DEFINITIONS at InspectApedia.com - online encyclopedia of building & environmental inspection, testing, diagnosis, repair, & problem prevention advice.
Or see this
- ACCURACY vs PRECISION of MEASUREMENTS
- AFUE, DEFINITION
- AIR ADMITTANCE VALVES AAVs
- AIR BLEEDER VALVE FUNCTIONS
- AIR FILTER EFFICIENCY MERV HEPA
- AIR FLOW MEASUREMENT CFM
- AIR FLOW RATES in HVAC SYSTEMS
- AIR FLOW RATE TYPICAL CFM
- AIR VELOCITY MEASUREMENT & STANDARDS
- AIR VELOCITY RATES TYPICAL FPM
- ARCHITECTURE & BUILDING COMPONENT ID
- ASBESTOS DEFINITION & COMPOSITION
- AUTOMATIC VENT DAMPER
- BACKDRAFTING
- BLEVE EXPLOSIONS
- BOD WASTEWATER TEST
- BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME
- BUILDING CODES re DANGEROUS CONDITIONS
- BUILDING CODE DOWNLOADS
- BUILDING SETTLEMENT
- BTUs CALORIES HEAT, DEFINITIONS
- CAPILLARY TUBE
- CHIMNEY DEFINITIONS
- CHIMNEY CAP / CROWN CONSTRUCTION
- CHIMNEY CAP & CROWN DEFINITIONS
- CHIMNEY CAP & CROWN DEFINITIONS FAQs
- DIRECT VENTS / SIDE WALL VENTS
- CLEARANCE DISTANCES for BUILDING SYSTEMS & FEATURES - topic home
- COMPLETE COMBUSTION
- CONSTRUCTION DICTIONARY
- COOLING CAPACITY
- COOLING LOAD
- DAMPERS & DRAFT REGULATOR TYPES
- DEFECTS LISTS in BUILDINGS
- DEFINITIONS of ELECTRICAL TERMS
- DEFINITIONS of EMF RF FIELD & FREQUENCY
- DEFINITION of HEATING, COOLING & INSULATION TERMS
- DEFINITIONS of HERTZ, KHz MHz GHz THz
- DEFINITIONS of HERTZ, KHz MHz GHz THz FAQs
- DEW POINT
- DRAIN BACK & SNIFTER VALVE SYSTEM COMPONENTS
- DRY-IN, DEFINITION
- ELECTRICAL TERMS, DEFINITIONS
- BASIC FORMULAS Voltage, Current (Amps), Resistance (Ohms or Ω ), Watts
- AFCIs ARC FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTERS DEFINED
- ALTERNATING CURRENT or AC
- AMPS or AMPERAGE
- DIRECT CURRENT or DC
- ELECTRIC MOTOR HORSEPOWER & CIRCUIT WIRE SIZE
- ELECTRICAL GROUND
- ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL
- ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE, OHM's LAW
- GFCI PROTECTION, GFCIs DEFINED
- GROUND DEFINITIONS, ELECTRICAL
- HERTZ, KHz MHz GHz THz, DEFINITIONS
- MULTI-WIRE CIRCUITS
- MULTI-WIRE CIRCUIT FAQs
- POWER FACTOR
- REVERSED POLARITY ELECTRICAL DEVICES / CIRCUITS
- VOLTS or VOLTAGE
- VOLTAGE LEVEL DELIVERED
- WATTS or Electrical Wattage?
- WATT-HOUR OR WH
- WATTS on a CIRCUIT
- EMF RF FIELD & FREQUENCY DEFINITIONS
- ENGINEERED WOOD OSB LVL DEFINITIONS
- EVAPORATIVE COOLING
- EVAPORATOR COIL
- EXPANSION VALVE, REFRIGERANT
- FOOTING & FOUNDATION DRAINS
- GALVANIC SCALE
- GLOSSARY of BUILDING TERMS
- GRASPABILITY of HANDRAILINGS DEFINITION
- GROUND DEFINITIONS, ELECTRICAL
- HEAT EXCHANGER
- HEAT LOSS RATE
- HEAT PUMP
- HEATING, COOLING & INSULATION TERMS, DEFINITIONS
- AIR ADMITTANCE VALVES AAVs
- AIR BLEEDER VALVE FUNCTIONS
- AIR FILTER EFFICIENCY MERV HEPA
- AIR FLOW MEASUREMENT CFM
- AIR FLOW RATES in HVAC SYSTEMS
- AIR FLOW RATE TYPICAL CFM
- AIR VELOCITY MEASUREMENT & STANDARDS
- AIR VELOCITY RATES TYPICAL FPM
- CONVERT BTUs to TONS of COOLING CAPACITY
- ELECTRICITY USE per HOURER
- AFUE
- AFUE, DEFINITION in DETAIL
- BOILER COMPONENTS & PARTS
- BTU BRITISH THERMAL UNIT
- BTUH or BTUs per HOUR
- CALORIE
- COMPLETE COMBUSTION, STOICHIOMETRIC
- DEGREE DAY HEATING DEGREE DAYS or COOLING DEGREE DAYS
- DESIGN TEMPERATURE for BUILDINGS
- DRAFT REGULATOR, DAMPER, BOOSTER
- EER
- HARTFORD LOOP DEFINITION
- HEAT FLOW DIRECTION
- HEAT LOSS R U & K VALUE CALCULATION
- HIGH SIDE in AIR CONDITIONING & HEAT PUMPS
- JOULE
- LATENT HEAT & LATENT COOLING
- LOW SIDE in AIR CONDITIONING & HEAT PUMPS
- K-VALUE
- R-VALUE
- SEER
- SENSIBLE HEAT & SENSIBLE COOLING
- SPECIFIC HEAT
- STEAM VENTS
- SUBCOOLING DEFINITION
- SUPERHEAT DEFINITION
- SUPERHEAT FAQs
- TONS of COOLING CAPACITY
- U-VALUE
- R-VALUES - HEAT LOSS PER HOUR
- WATT & WATT-HOUR
- HEATING OIL TYPES & PROPERTIES
- HERTZ, KHz MHz GHz THz, DEFINITIONS
- HOUSE PARTS, DEFINITIONS
- HOME INSPECTION COMPONENTS, MASTER LIST
- HOME INSPECTION DEFINITIONS & TERMS
- HOME INSPECTION ETHICAL CODES
- HUMIDITY LEVEL
- ICE DAM
- I-JOISTS, WOOD ROOF, FLOOR
- LIGHT BULB & LAMP ABBREVIATIONS & CODES & DEFINITIONS
- LIGHTNING PROTECTION SYSTEMS, DEFINITIONS
- LUMINAIRES, DEFINITION, USES
- LVL LAMINATED VENEER LUMBER, BEAMS DEFINITIONS
- MOBILE HOME, DOUBLEWIDE, MODULAR, PANELIZED CONSTRUCTION DEFINED
- MOLD CLASSES, LEVELS
- MOLD STANDARDS & DEFINITIONS
- NANOMATERIAL
- OIL SUPPLY & RETURN LINE CONTROLS & VALVES
- AIRBORNE PARTICLE SIZE DEFINITIONS & TYPES
- AIRBORNE PARTICLE SIZE TABLE
- PASCAL CALCULATIONS
- PLUMBING FIXTURES TRAPS
- PLUMBING VENT CODES, DEFINITIONS, TYPES
- PLUMBING VENT DEFINITIONS FAQs
- PYROLYSIS EXPLAINED
- R-VALUE for INSULATION
- RADIANT BARRIER
- RADIANT HEAT DEFINITIONS
- RAILING DEFINITIONS
- REFLECTIVE INSULATION
- RETAINING WALL DEFINITIONS
- RETAINING WALL SURCHARGE
- ROOF FRAMING TIES & BEAMS DEFINITIONS
- ROOF SLOPE DEFINITIONS RISE RUN ANGLE PITCH
- SEER RATINGS
- SEPTIC SYSTEM DEFINITIONS
- SIDE WALL VENT
- SINKHOLES on KARST FORMATIONS
- SITE MAP to InspectApedia.com
- SOLAR GAIN TYPES, DEFINITIONS
- SOLAR ENERGY TERMS
- STEAM RADIATORS
- SUNGAIN, FILMS, LOW-E GLASS
- STRUCTURAL INSPECTIONS of BUILDINGS - home
- STOICHIOMETRIC COMBUSTION
- TANK TYPES: EXPANSION, OIL, SEPTIC WATER, ALL
- THERMAL EXPANSION
- THERMAL TRACKING
- THERMISTORS in ROOM THERMOSTATS
- TOILET TYPES, CONTROLS, PARTS
- TRIM, INTERIOR TYPES
- VAPOR BARRIER
- WATER PRESSURE & FLOW RATE
- WATER PUMP TYPES DEFINITIONS LIFE
- WELL & WELL WATER DEFINITIONS
- WELL DYNAMIC HEAD & STATIC HEAD DEFINITION
- WELL DRILLING TERMS at SUBMERSIBLE PUMP
- WELL YIELD DEFINITION
- WET, DEFINITION OF
- YANKEE GUTTERS
- ZONE DAMPER
- ZONE VALVE
Ask a Question or Search InspectApedia
Share this article:Search the InspectApedia website
Need to make a private comment? Email editor@inspectApedia.com. We welcome email with your website content critique, corrections, suggestions or questions. Email is monitored daily but our workload may prevent an immediate reply. For immediate results, we hope you'll first try asking your question using the search box just above.
Citations & References
In addition to any citations in the article above, a full list is available on request.
- In addition to citations & references found in this article, see the research citations given at the end of the related articles found at our suggested
CONTINUE READING or RECOMMENDED ARTICLES.
- Carson, Dunlop & Associates Ltd., 120 Carlton Street Suite 407, Toronto ON M5A 4K2. Tel: (416) 964-9415 1-800-268-7070 Email: info@carsondunlop.com. Alan Carson is a past president of ASHI, the American Society of Home Inspectors.
Thanks to Alan Carson and Bob Dunlop, for permission for InspectAPedia to use text excerpts from The HOME REFERENCE BOOK - the Encyclopedia of Homes and to use illustrations from The ILLUSTRATED HOME .
Carson Dunlop Associates provides extensive home inspection education and report writing material. In gratitude we provide links to tsome Carson Dunlop Associates products and services.
 |
HOME | ABOUT | ASK a QUESTION | CONTACT | CONTENT USE POLICY | DESCRIPTION | POLICIES | PRIVACY | |
| © 2026 - 1985 Publisher InspectApedia.com - Daniel Friedman | |||||||||