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2. Viga (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   The porch's roof treatment was the same as in the interior room, but the space provided was used for different purposes. Vigas were usually installed with the smaller ends to one side of the roof to facilitate good drainage. [12] Vigas usually sat directly on the adobe or stone walls and were strapped.

3. Lath and plaster - Wikipedia

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   Lath and plaster is a building process used to finish mainly interior dividing walls and ceilings. It consists of narrow strips of wood which are nailed horizontally across the wall studs or ceiling joists and then coated in plaster. The technique derives from an earlier, more primitive process called wattle and daub. [1]

4. Timber roof truss - Wikipedia

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   Lacking a tie beam, [11] the arch-braced (arched brace) [12] truss gives a more open look to the interior of the roof. The principal rafters are linked by a collar beam supported by a pair of arch braces, which stiffen the structure and help to transmit the weight of the roof down through the principal rafters to the supporting wall.

5. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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   A weight-bearing member made of wood, stone, or metal that overhangs a wall. Bressummer (literally "breast- beam") A large, horizontal beam supporting the wall above, especially in a jettied building. Brise soleil Projecting fins or canopies which shade windows from direct sunlight. Broken pediment

6. Timber framing - Wikipedia

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   Timber design or wood design is a subcategory of structural engineering that focuses on the engineering of wood structures. Timber is classified by tree species (e.g., southern pine, douglas fir, etc.) and its strength is graded using numerous coefficients that correspond to the number of knots, the moisture content, the temperature, the grain ...

7. American historic carpentry - Wikipedia

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   A timber bridge or wooden bridge is a bridge that uses timber or wood as its principal structural material. One of the first forms of bridge, those of timber have been used since ancient times. Wooden bridges could be a deck-only structure or a deck with a roof. Wooden bridges were often a single span, but could be of multiple spans.