Pointing - It consists in ranking out joints in brick work or in stone masonry to depth of about 13mm and filling the same with mortar of slightly richer mix.
Poppy oil - It is prepared by pressing poppy seeds. It is used for very delicate colours , it is expensive and is thus used for internal painting of light shades.
Priming - This consists in applying first coat or the priming coat on the surface to fill the pores of wood by penetrating the primer inside the wood.
Plaining - The process of taking the shavings of wooden member is called plaining.
Plank - It is the name given to a heavy , thick and wide wooden piece of timber.
Queen closer - It is a term applied to a brick which is half as wide as a full brick. It is made by cutting a brick lengthwise into two portions.
Quick setting cement- When concrete is to be laid under still water or in running water , quick setting cement is used advantageously. The setting action starts within five minutes as it becomes stone-hard in less than an hour.
Quoin - The exterior angle or corner of a wall is termed as quoin. The brick or wedge shaped stone used for the corner of walls is also known as quoin.
Rise of roof - It is the vertical distance between the wall plate and the top of the ridge.
Ridge - It may be defined as the apex of the angle formed by the termination of the inclined surface at the top of the slope.
Ridge beam - It is a horizontal timber piece provided at the apex of a roof truss. The common rafters are fixed to this piece and are supported by it.
Raking bond - This is a bond in brick work in which the bonding bricks are laid at any angle other than zero ninety degrees.
Rain water pipe - This is the pipe provided to carry rain water.