Parge

Quick meaning: Parge is a noun meaning (construction) A coat of cement mortar on the face of rough masonry, the earth side of foundation and basement walls.

Meaning

(construction) A coat of cement mortar on the face of rough masonry, the earth side of foundation and basement walls.

More Meanings

1. (construction) To apply a parge on to a surface.

Example Sentences

You can waterproof by parging, coating with a commercial sealer, or both. […] Parging is a thin cement-sand plaster that you apply to the block. Allow the block to cure at least three days before parging.

When more than one unit thick of brick or tile is used in the wall, the back of the face brick or tile may be covered with mortar. This parging will substantially increase the waterproofing of the wall. Basement walls usually are parged.

If your smoke chamber [of a fireplace] is very oddly shaped or virtually impossible to parge, you can solve this problem using expanded metal lath. […] Once you have parged the sides and back of the smoke chamber, set the lintel in a bed of mortar and brick up the breast (front).

I watch as the mason at the Gilbert house picks up a glob of parge coat on his trowel. He smooths it on, moving from the bottom of the wall to the top. Next, he drapes a white fiberglass mesh from the top of the wall to the bottom and pushes it into the parge coat with his trowel.

Word Forms

• parges
• parging
• parged

Synonyms for parge

Depending on context, synonyms include parging.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pointing, abreuvoir, cementer, impalement, perpender, filleting.

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