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2. Roof - Wikipedia

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   A roof (pl.: roofs or rooves) is the top covering of a building, including all materials and constructions necessary to support it on the walls of the building or on uprights, providing protection against rain, snow, sunlight, extremes of temperature, and wind. [1]

3. Home construction - Wikipedia

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   New home construction, Pittsfield Township, Michigan Units under construction in Brighton, Victoria. Home construction or residential construction is the process of constructing a house, apartment building, or similar residential building [1] generally referred to as a 'home' when giving consideration to the people who might now or someday reside there.

4. Plumber - Wikipedia

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   In medieval times, anyone who worked with lead was referred to as a plumber; this can be seen from an extract about workmen fixing a roof in Westminster Palace; they were referred to as plumbers: "To Gilbert de Westminster, plumber, working about the roof of the pantry of the little hall, covering it with lead, and about various defects in the ...

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   Get breaking Finance news and the latest business articles from AOL. From stock market news to jobs and real estate, it can all be found here.

6. Norfolk Scope - Wikipedia

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   Supported by 24 flying buttresses, the arena roof encloses 85,000 sq ft (7,900 m 2). With over 1,000 pilings, the facility was constructed 10 feet (3.0 m) below the city's water table. The roof is a ribbed concrete dome, independent of seating bowl formed of sloped concrete beams supporting precast treads and risers which form the seating bowl.

7. Plumbing - Wikipedia

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   Old water pipe, remnant of the Machine de Marly near Versailles, France. Lead was the favoured material for water pipes for many centuries because its malleability made it practical to work into the desired shape. Such use was so common that the word "plumbing" derives from plumbum, the Latin word for lead.