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Building Jargon

If you are struggling to know your nogs from your lintels, these pages might be able to help a bit. 

Please note that the definitions contained on this website as terms that are commonly used, they are NOT intended to be referred to for technical purposes.  

If you see any definitions that you do not agree with or you have a suggestion for a term we should add, please let us know.   Continue to check in with us as we will keep adding pictures and definitions constantly. 

 

Finally, these terms are only a few of the more commonly ones we have identified, there are literally hundreds more, however the majority you will never need to know – that is our job !