Dictionary of Interior Designing

Exit - A passage , channel or means of egress from any building , storey or floor area to a street or other open space of safety.

External wall - An outer wall of a building not being a party wall even though adjoining to a wall of another building and also means a wall abutting on an interior open space of any building.

Eaves - The lower edge of the inclined roof surface of a pitched roof is termed as eaves.

Echoes - When a reflecting surface is so far away from the source that the sound is reflected back as a distinct repetition of the direct sound , the reflected sound is called an echo.

Efflorescence - If soluble salts are present in bricks or the mortar , they absorb moisture from atmosphere and go into solution which appears on the surface in the form of whitish substance as the moisture dries out and the salts crystallise.

Extrados - It is the outer surface of an arch or the outer curve of the arch ring. Enamel paint - It is made by adding pigments like white lead or zinc white to a vehicle which is a varnish.

English bond - This bond consists of alternate course of headers and strechers. In this arrangement , vertical joints in the header courses come over each other and the vertical joints in the strecher course are also in the same line.

Expansion joints - These joints are provided to accomodate the expansion of adjacent building parts and to relieve compressive stress that may otherwise develop.