| Stretcher Bond: | The bond widely used for Half B. walls consisting entirely of Stretchers laid with a half bond lap.... | |
| Striking Point: | The centre of a circular arch curve and the point from which the voussoirs radiate.... | |
| String Course | The course of tiling either side of a staircase laid lineable with tread nosings.... | |
| String Course: | A decorative band that is horizontal, and continuous, along the face of a wall; can be of Soldier Br... | |
| String line | Used in conjunction with chalk to mark course lines on a wall or floor and without the chalk to chec... | |
| Struck Joint: | Suitable for internal fair face brickwork or blockwork. The joints are struck, with a pointing trowe... | |
| Sub floor | General term for all construction layers below the floor tiling.... | |
| Swept Valley | Where the tiles or slates sweep round in horizontal lines over lay boards in the valley, requiring t... | |
| Terracotta: | A hollow block, made from a low-grade fireclay or ganister, which is kiln fired at a high temperatur... | |
| Tessellated | From the Latin tessellare to decorate with mosaics used to describe the small unit geometric tile pa... | |
| Tessera | The Latin name still used to describe an individual mosaic cube, whether of marble, glass or ceramic... | |
| Theodolite | An optical instrument for measuring angles between designated visible points in the horizontal and v... | |
| Three-Centred Arch: | Method of setting out an Approximate Semi-Ellipse that overcomes the practical problems of construct... | |
| Throat: | The sloping reduction, in width, immediately above a fireback to form the start of a flue. This may ... | |
| Tile Creasing: | (See Bricks & Materials). Creasing Tiles are sometimes used to form a Gable Shoulder, as an alte... | |
| Tile Cropper | A levered mechanical set of jaws used by tilerÕs to cut tile to size or shape.... | |
| Tilting | Normally a piece of timber used at eaves or sides of open valley... | |
| Tingle Brick: | When building a long wall, from quoin to quoin, the line must be prevented from sagging or errors wi... | |
| Tingle Plate: | Made by the bricklayer from sheet brass, or zinc, the plate is approx. 125mm x 60mm with one end for... | |
| Tooled Joint: | A joint finish by using a Jointing Iron to form a rounded concave joint which is carried out as the ... | |
