BUSINESS IDEAS AND HOME DESIGN

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This complete, full color dictionary offers a basic introduction to the equipment, tools, techniques, and architectural components involved in construction, home design, gardening, and landscaping.

Dream up your own creative designs from this carefully curated collection of images.

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Related startup options include landscaping, gardening, industrial cleaning, home remodeling, trash removal, construction contracting, and other business ideas.

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ABODE

The Picture Dictionary of Home Design And Architecture

by Judee Shipman

CHAPTER 27

HEEL CUT - HYPHEN

HEEL CUT: A notch cut into the edge of a rafter to give it a better fit. The point where this notch joins is known as a birds mouth joint.

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HEX KEY WRENCH: A turning tool that is hexagon-shaped at one end. Used somewhat like a screwdriver on bolts and screws with hexagonal sockets.

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HICKORY: A hard, heavy, strong wood that bends surprisingly well. Typically used for tool handles, athletic equipment, and interior designs.

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HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE (HID): A type of glare-free lamp with a high intensity beam.

All serious home business ideas require the right lighting. Also see Task Lighting.

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HIGHLIGHTS: Lighter spots or visible streaks on a painted surface.

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HINGE: A piece of metal hardware used for connecting parts, allowing the parts to move in angular rotation to each other. Hinges are typically used for securing doors.

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HIP ROOF: A roof with four sloping sides that meet in the middle.

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HOE: A gardening tool that is used for breaking up dirt, digging up weeds, and other yard work. A hoe is a necessary implement for all kinds of landscaping business ideas.

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HOGAN: The traditional architectural style of the Navajo people, the hogan is a rounded or cone-shaped structure made from wood and packed earth.

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HOLE SAW: An electric saw with a ring-shaped blade, used for cutting holes in hard surfaces. There are many cool business ideas for a hole saw, such as creating giant Lego blocks.

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HOLLOW WALL ANCHOR: A small piece of hardware used for securing a screw in the hollow part of a wall (between studs).

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HOME OFFICE: A room in a home where people work for a living, often coming up with their own business ideas.

An efficient, organized home office needs, among other things, good lighting and a strong internet connection. The internet is the best place to find lucrative business ideas.

Shown below, a home office designed for arts-and-crafts-related business ideas.

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HOME RUN: The cable that carries power from the main panel to the first outlet in an electrical circuit.

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HONEY COMBS: Concrete in which rock fragments are visible, due to incomplete filling of the form.

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HOOK: A piece of metal hardware with a curved end from which to hang things.

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HOSE BIB: An exterior water spigot, tap, or faucet. Also see Sillcock.

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HOT WIRE: 1) The wire that carries electrical energy to (but not away from) a receptacle. The hot wire is typically black. 2) A cutting tool.

Shown below, a hot wire foam cutter.

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HUMIDIFIER: An appliance designed to increase air humidity in a space by discharging a continuous supply of water vapor. Smaller humidifiers are often used for aromatherapy.