| Scribe | A tungsten tipped tool used to scribe a glazed tile surface prior to snapping into two.... | |
| Scutch: | Now replaced by the Brick and Comb Hammers for the fine trimming of cut bricks. The Scutch was made ... | |
| Sectional Bond: | When the transverse joints of the internal bonding, for a thick wall, coincide with the cross-joints... | |
| Segmental Arch: | Struck from one centre as the segment of a circle; can be set out to a given span and rise and sprin... | |
| Self Levelling Compound | Cement powder, water or latex based, for use on new and existing screed or concrete substrates to le... | |
| Semi-Circular Arch: | A full semi-circular curve springing from a horizontal line. The parallel inner and outer curves are... | |
| Semi-dry Thickbed | A traditional method of applying a sand and cement screed and tile bed in a single operation. Involv... | |
| Serpentine Wall: | Usually a 1B. boundary wall; the wall, on plan, is built with large radii segmental curves that are ... | |
| Serrated Trowel | Manufactured with various sized serrations for application of adhesive. Also referred to as a notche... | |
| Setting Out | The act of arranging a starting or centre point on both floors and walls to achieve a balanced and v... | |
| Sharp Sand | Fine aggregate supplied to BS EN 13139 suitable for use in a floor screed.... | |
| Site Concrete | The base slab, constructed to BS 8204 Part 1 on which the bulk of tile floor finishes build up from.... | |
| Skewback: | The splayed cut, either side of an opening, to form the springing for a Segmental or Camber Arch. To... | |
| Slate / Tile Head lap | (1) generally the distance one course of slates or tiles covers the course next but one below for do... | |
| Slate Knife | (or Zax) A heavy blade with cranked handle used for trimming the edges of slates and used in conjunc... | |
| Slater's Pick | A hammer with pointed spikes on each arm used for forming holes in slates... | |
| Sleeper Walls: | Dwarf walls built, off the site concrete, between the main walls to support ground floor joists. The... | |
| Sliding Bevel: | The stock of the bevel may be of wood or steel through which is fitted a slotted steel blade that ca... | |
| Slip Outline | A means of forming a pattern on a biscuit tile using a line of thin wet slip which provides a separa... | |
| Slip Resistance | The coefficient of dynamic friction of a floor surface related to foot traffic. The Pendulum Test de... | |
