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Coping is only ever used for internal corners. External corners are always mitred. The main reason that scribed joints are used is that timber shrinks in width far more than it does in length. By using a scribed joint rather than an internal mitre joint, the effect of shrinkage is minimised. Also it is possible to arrange the scribed joints ...
A splayed or wedge coping is one that slopes in a single direction; a saddle coping slopes to either side of a central high point. [2] Coping may be made of stone (capstone), brick, clay or terracotta, concrete or cast stone, tile, slate, wood, thatch, or various metals, including aluminum, copper, stainless steel, steel, and zinc. [3]
A fence is a structure that encloses an area, typically outdoors, and is usually constructed from posts that are connected by boards, wire, rails or netting. [1] A fence differs from a wall in not having a solid foundation along its whole length. [2] Alternatives to fencing include a ditch (sometimes filled with water, forming a moat).
Simple split-rail fence Log fence with double posts (photo taken in 1938). A split-rail fence, log fence, or buck-and-rail fence (also historically known as a Virginia, zigzag, worm, snake or snake-rail fence due to its meandering layout) is a type of fence constructed in the United States and Canada, and is made out of timber logs, usually split lengthwise into rails and typically used for ...
Ornamental gates are set into the surrounding quarry stone wall with concrete coping. The southern retaining wall seems to have been built in two phases. Flockhart provided supporting pillars and walled it up to a total height of three metres. The pilastered gates may have been decorated with old fragments from the manor house's remodelling ...
Often this type of gate is called a portagee fence or a portagee gate in various ranching communities of coastal Central California. Most gates can be opened by push post. The chain is then wrapped around the tractor post and pulled onto the nail, stronger people can pull the gate tighter but anyone can jar off the chain to open the gate.
The Three Corners Selection Committee, made up of seven evaluators, now is charged with ranking those proposals, with an estimated selection of a master developer by the City Council set for May ...
A building's surface detailing, inside and outside, often includes decorative moulding, and these often contain ogee-shaped profiles—consisting (from low to high) of a concave arc flowing into a convex arc, with vertical ends; if the lower curve is convex and higher one concave, this is known as a Roman ogee, although frequently the terms are used interchangeably and for a variety of other ...