One of my professors said "errection sequence" in a lecture once. Some one was recording that lecture, so we found it afterwards and replayed just about 100 times..
I was lucky enough to have worked on a Log Lodge in Wyoming with some local craftspeople. The coordination effort was very amusing over the phone:
Butt Swell - When the wide end of a log absorbs too much moisture Beaver Chew - A style of detailing the ends of Logs into a point, AKA Variegated Beaver Chew Log Jam - An insulating product stuffed in the gaps between logs
"laying studs" is a common terminology used in the field. my old colleague, his boyfriend, and i were at a bar one night. colleague said he was out in the field laying studs all day. his boyfriend, a novice when it comes to architecture, needed some clarification.
today my boss referred to a concrete detail finishing technique called "sack-rubbed". I'm bloody serious here folks...... He told me to write the note:
"Chimney cap shall be of pre-cast concrete, with 'sack-rubbed' finish."
Not cracking up was the hardest thing I did all day.
I remember a teacher of mine talking about using a concrete vibrator. Took a good five or six seconds or "did he just say that?" stares but we all cracked up eventually!
Butt Hole aka Plastering Technique used on the exterior of buildings...which does infact look like a Butt Hole....I'm sure you have seen in on Super 8 Hotels
Butt Hole aka Plastering Technique used on the exterior of buildings...which does infact look like a Butt Hole....I'm sure you have seen in on Super 8 Hotels
it's an opening in a structure that equipment/ materials can be lowered into the building. i've usually only seen this at renovation construction where access is very limited (as in historic buildings) or underground work (such as subway stations or tunnels).
the term glory hole came up in a project we were working on. apparently it has something to do with kilns? i only know it in its sleazier connotation...glory(hole)days!
I can't believe as soon as I take some time away I'm missing this discussion, dangit! And now I'm too flustered from laughing to come up with anything better than "plank".
One of the first bamboo flooring companies called their product "Bamplank", as a matter of fact. That's fun.
Architecture/construction terms that sound dirty
Here's what I've got so far...
Stud Pocket
Screw Spline
Butt-glazed
Erection Drawings
Rim Joist
Flying Buttress
Bagina
Butt-weld
I can only think of Carlo Scarpa's "fertile detail", but then, that's not really that dirty is it?
perhaps more mechanical/structural, but saying "hoop stress" and keeping a straight face is a challenge
weep hole...thats the best i can do, you kind of have to expound on it
fillet
"steel erection"
"erection documents"
jamb extender
cross-grain shrinkage
groin vault
Butt-joint
jack stud
One of my professors said "errection sequence" in a lecture once. Some one was recording that lecture, so we found it afterwards and replayed just about 100 times..
I was lucky enough to have worked on a Log Lodge in Wyoming with some local craftspeople. The coordination effort was very amusing over the phone:
Butt Swell - When the wide end of a log absorbs too much moisture
Beaver Chew - A style of detailing the ends of Logs into a point, AKA Variegated Beaver Chew
Log Jam - An insulating product stuffed in the gaps between logs
There are more, I just can't remember right now.
FU (Fixture Unit)
as in . . . How many FU's does that lav get?
"laying studs" is a common terminology used in the field. my old colleague, his boyfriend, and i were at a bar one night. colleague said he was out in the field laying studs all day. his boyfriend, a novice when it comes to architecture, needed some clarification.
piles
or if you'd rather not-
deep dynamic compaction
i always got a chuckly out of "rising damp"
I still don't quite know why it's dirty, but it just......is.
hmm, i haven't been thinking enough on job sites, but "tongue-and-groove" has some less-than-honorable implications.
because the way they say it here in TX it comes out more "tongueingroove."
today my boss referred to a concrete detail finishing technique called "sack-rubbed". I'm bloody serious here folks...... He told me to write the note:
"Chimney cap shall be of pre-cast concrete, with 'sack-rubbed' finish."
Not cracking up was the hardest thing I did all day.
"male hose end with cap"
"female hose begining"
"shut-off cock"
I saw this on a recent set of Plumbing drawings.
fenestration
I remember a teacher of mine talking about using a concrete vibrator. Took a good five or six seconds or "did he just say that?" stares but we all cracked up eventually!
Well, I can't think of any from architecture/construction at the moment, but here's one from law:
piercing the corporate veil
bored horney houswife...oh wait nevermind...
The way my construction teacher always said "hole" was quite dirty.
Butt Hole aka Plastering Technique used on the exterior of buildings...which does infact look like a Butt Hole....I'm sure you have seen in on Super 8 Hotels
Butt Hole aka Plastering Technique used on the exterior of buildings...which does infact look like a Butt Hole....I'm sure you have seen in on Super 8 Hotels
Try to keep a straight face during a conversation once a 'member' has been thrown out there.
Flange
radius of gyration.
elongation
complete joint penetration (weld)
Nelson stud
king stud
glory hole
pumpable mix
openings
and the number one term that IS dirty in architecture and construction. . .
value engineering
glory hole, are you serious?
what is that?
it's an opening in a structure that equipment/ materials can be lowered into the building. i've usually only seen this at renovation construction where access is very limited (as in historic buildings) or underground work (such as subway stations or tunnels).
"Fire in the Hole"......often used when putting in Sprinkler Systems in old concrete buildings...where explsive charges are used.
the term glory hole came up in a project we were working on. apparently it has something to do with kilns? i only know it in its sleazier connotation...glory(hole)days!
[url=http://www.topscrew.com.tw/e/047237159/next-01d.htm]male screws and female nuts...
"for representational purpose only"
I can't believe as soon as I take some time away I'm missing this discussion, dangit! And now I'm too flustered from laughing to come up with anything better than "plank".
One of the first bamboo flooring companies called their product "Bamplank", as a matter of fact. That's fun.
double hung
brilliant. I'm never going to be able to say that again.
This gives me inspiration for the name of my own firm
"S E X I T E C T U R E "
in the German:
einfahrt (entranceway)
ausfahrt (exit or gateway)
jim corner uses 'envagination' every chance he can.
Landscape has plenty of our own sexy words
Porno in a HARDWARE store .....
What kind of screw would you like ? Would that be a
SELF TAPPING SCREW ?
or a LAG SCREW perhaps, ... here, let's go for the THUMB SCREW
no, no how about a SLOTTED HEAD SCREW.
... on second thought
that's where we go for our ALLEN HEAD when we cannot get any more PHILLIPS HEAD
Well in order to DRILL that SCREW you'll need to first TAP a PILOT HOLE and then COUNTER SINK the ELEMENT......
This is the part of the nail we like to call the SHANK .... oh those are the FLOORING NAILS ....
i was working on section drawings that needed constant adjustments to the size/opening to accomodate the SHAFT. elevator, that is.
from a contractor in reference to the concrete walls they completely fucked up: "we'll rub that real good"
slab penetration
butt joint
packaged unit
i just realized that was my first post after 2 years of registration here. nice.
In order;)
Flash(ing)
Ridgepole
Access point
Joint Penetration
Dryv..it
Butt plate
Rough Opening
rammed earth
Impact Load
Member Release
Fascia
Ultimate Load
yeah, double hung's dirty, but SINGLE hung is funnier!
rafters
Marvin windows makes "wood ultimate double hung magnums"
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