GLOSSARY

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PREMISES

The physical location covered by insurance as defined in the policy contract.


PREPARE (PREP)

To make a surface ready to properly receive a laminate, coating, covering or procedure.


PRESSURE BOUNDARY

The primary air enclosure boundary separating conditioned air from unconditioned air. For example, a volume of air that has more leakage to the outside than to the conditioned space would be considered outside the pressure boundary.


PRESSURE WASH

To apply water, detergent or other preparations at moderate to high pressure.


PRESSURIZED SMOKE

Combustion products propelled by high heat, temperature differential, or vapour pressure which causes them to penetrate normally enclosed spaces.


PREVALENT LEVEL SAMPLES

Air samples taken under normal conditions; also known as ambient background samples. Cp _personal air samples_


PRIMARY DAMAGE

Damage sustained as a result of direct contact with contaminants (water, soot, fire, body fluids, etc.). Examples include: staining, swelling, dissolving, cupping and buckling of hardwood, delaminating of furnishings and fixtures.


PRIME

To apply a primer, or undercoat before the application of the finish coating.


PRINCIPLES OF DRYING

Underlying, broad-based, general principles that guide and support professional drying. The four/five general principles are: 1. removing excess water (absorbing, draining, pumping, extracting), 2. Stabilising the indoor air conditions 3. promoting evaporation 4. Capturing the evaporating moisture (5. monitoring the process to completion)


PRIOR

PRE-EXISTING