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Acronyms, Abbreviations & Glossary Of Common Terms

ProDave
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Before I joined here I thought PIR stood for passive infra red. 

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      This thread was originally posted in the other place, and is a team effort to collect together as many acronyms and abbreviations used in the building trade as we could. If you know of any abbrev

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      Wish I’d found this thread at the beginning, funnily enough it wasn’t any of the building terms I had trouble with , it was the : swmbo and imho ? took me ages of re reading to work out what the hell

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      There's a lot of confusion in the world about kilowatts and kilowatt hours. Here's an attempt at an explanation.   The SI unit of energy is the joule (symbol J). It's quite small.  

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    2 minutes ago, Onoff said:

    Before I joined here I thought PIR stood for passive infra red. 

    It does, as well as Polyisocyanurate.

     

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    I think we should add a new one.

     

    PT = Plasterboard Tent.

    On 06/01/2024 at 15:34, SteamyTea said:

    Polyisocyanurate

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    Not logical

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    MOT type 1 - I knew it was some sort of aggregate, but always wondered what it meant. 

     

    MOT Type 1 stands for Ministry of Transport Type 1, referring to a specific, high-quality granular sub-base material used in construction. It is a crushed aggregate mixture (40mm down to dust) approved by the government for creating sturdy foundations for roads, driveways, and paths.

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