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Building dictionary for the letter S - Page 11
Service
The conducting equipment used to deliver electricity from the supply system to the wiring system of a building.
Service door (service entrance)
An exterior door in a building, intended primarily for deliveries, for removal of waste, or for the use of service personnel.
Service elevator
An elevator intended for combined passenger and freight use.
Service entrance
The location where an electrical supply line enters a building.
Service lead
The electrical supply line running from a utility pole that delivers power to a customer service panel.
Service live load
The live load specified by the general building code or bridge specification, or the actual nonpermanent load applied in service.
Service load
See service dead load and service live load.
Service panel
The main circuit breaker panel or fuse box where the service lead ties into the building's circuits.
Service pipe
(1) The water or gas pipe that leads from a supply source, usually public distribution mains in the street, to the particular building(s) being served. (2) The pipe or conduit through which underground service conductors are run from the outside supply wires to the customer's property.
Service road
(1) A lesser road parallel to the main road, used primarily by local traffic. (2) A road or drive in a complex that is intended for vehicles making deliveries or collecting waste.
Service systems
The heating, ventilating, air-conditioning, water, and electric distribution systems in a building.
Service valve
In a piping system, any valve that isolates a device or apparatus from the rest of the system.
Set
(1) The condition reached by a cement paste, mortar, or concrete when it has lost plasticity to an arbitrary degree usually measured in terms of resistance to penetration or deformation. Initial set refers to first stiffening; final set refers to attainment of significant rigidity. See also permanent set. (2) The rehydration and consequential hardening of gypsum plaster. (3) The strain which remains in a member after the removal of the load that initially produced the deformation. (4) To transform a resin or adhesive from its initial liquid or plastic state to a hardened state by physical or chemical action, such as condensation, polymerization, oxidation, vulcanization, gelation, hydration, or the evaporation of volatile ingredients. (5) To drive a nail so far that its head is below the surface into which it has been driven. (6) To apply a finish coat of plaster. (7) The permanent distortion produced in a spring which has been stressed beyond the elastic limit of its constituent material. (8) The overhang given to the points of sawteeth resulting in a kerf slightly wider than the saw to facilitate sawing motion.
Set up
(1) The stationing of a surveying instrument, such as a transit. (2) Descriptive of concrete or similar firm material. (3) In plumbing, to bend up the edge of a sheet of lead lining material. (4) To caulk a pipe joint with lead by driving it in with a blunt chisel.
Setback
The minimum distance required by code or ordinance between a building and a property line or other reference.
Setting time
See initial setting time and final setting time.
Setting-up
That point in the initial drying of a paint or other liquid coating at which it is no longer able to flow.
Settlement
(1) Sinking of solid particles in grout, mortar, or fresh concrete, after placement and before initial set. See also bleeding. (2) An agreement by which the parties consent to settle a dispute between them. (3) The total amount of money that both the insurance company and the policyholder agree on to close the claim.
Settling
The lowering in elevation of sections of pavement or structures due to their mass, the loads imposed on them, or shrinkage or displacement of the support.
Settling basin
An enlargement or basin within a water conduit which provides for the settling of suspended matter, such as sand; and is usually equipped with some means of removing the accumulated material.
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