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2. Stair tread - Wikipedia

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   A stair tread is the horizontal portion of a set of stairs on which a person walks. The tread can be composed of wood, metal, plastic, or other materials. In residential settings, treads can be covered in carpeting. Stair treads can come in non-slip varieties, particularly in commercial or industrial locations. [1]

3. The Home Depot Pro - Wikipedia

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   The acquisition of Interline Brands allows The Home Depot access to expand its business to the multi-family sector, hospitality, and industrial area. Craig Menear, CEO of The Home Depot, says that the purchase gives The Home Depot more opportunity to expand in the maintenance, repair, and operations sector that was previously not successful.

4. Retrofitting - Wikipedia

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   Retrofitting is the addition of new technology or features to older systems. Retrofits can happen for a number of reasons, for example with big capital expenditures like naval vessels, military equipment or manufacturing plants, businesses or governments may retrofit in order to reduce the need to replace a system entirely.

5. Combination stair - Wikipedia

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   The combination stair is a T-shaped compromise design popular in the nineteenth century that was found in some moderate-sized houses. [1] In this design, both the formal front stair and the utilitarian back stair ran to a common intermediate landing. [2] One common stair then extended from this intermediate landing to the second floor of the house.

6. Stairs - Wikipedia

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   An advantage of alternating tread stairs is that people can descend while facing forward, in the direction of travel. The only other alternative in such short spaces would be a ladder, which requires a backward-facing descent. Alternating tread stairs may not be safe for small children, the elderly, or the physically challenged.

7. Dowel bar retrofit - Wikipedia

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   A dowel bar retrofit (DBR) is a method of reinforcing cracks in highway pavement by inserting steel dowel bars in slots cut across the cracks. It is a technique which several U.S. states' departments of transportation have successfully used in repairs to address faulting in older jointed plain concrete pavements.