Sugar Mountain Home Builders - Lehmann Construction Glossary

Paul Lehmann's Home Building Dictionary

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Easement

A formal contract that allows one to use another party's property for a specific purpose.

Eaves

The horizontal overhang on the exterior of the roof.

Egress

An exit from the home. An egress window is required in every bedroom and basement.

Electical Rough

All electrical wires, switches, fixture boxes and outlets that are installed before insulation. Typically this work is done by an electrical contractor after the plumbing and heating contractors have completed their work.

Electrical Trim

All plugs, switches, light fixtures, smoke detectors, bath ventilation fans, appliance "pig tails" and furnace wires that are installed when the house is nearing completion. At this stage the electrical contractor sets up the electric house panel and does all necessary work to prepare home for municipal electric inspection.

Elevation Sheet

A drawing included in the blue prints that depicts the house or room in vertical layers as opposed to horizontal layers.

Equity

The property value minus the mortgage loan outstanding equals the value that you own in your home known as equity.

Escutcheon

An ornamental plate that is placed around a pipe that is extending through a floor or wall. It is used to hide the hole cut out for the pipe.

Expansion Joint

Fibrous material installed in and around a concrete slab to permit it to move up and down along the non-moving foundation wall.