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2. Stairs - Wikipedia

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   The Flørli stairs, in Lysefjorden, Norway, have 4,444 wooden steps that climb from sea level to 740 metres (2,428 feet). It is a maintenance stairway for the water pipeline to the old Flørli hydro plant. The hydro plant is now closed down, and the stairs are open to the public. The stairway is claimed to be the longest wooden stairway in the ...

3. Staircase jig - Wikipedia

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   The jig is used to make finish stringers, in interior staircase fabrication. The stringer is also referred to as a skirtboard. The stringer is also referred to as a skirtboard. It can be used in a closed staircase or an open staircase where one side of the staircase is exposed, and the other is housed into the skirtboard.

4. Pallet - Wikipedia

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   A classic wooden pallet, with a ... accepted standards for pallet dimensions. ... 48 inches (1,219 mm) long, have three wood stringers that are a nominal 4 inches ...

5. Trimmer (construction) - Wikipedia

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   In light-frame construction, a trimmer is a timber or metal beam (joist) used to create an opening around a stairwell, skylight, chimney, and the like. Trimmers are installed parallel to the primary floor or ceiling joists and support headers, which run perpendicular to the primary joists.

6. Dog-leg (stairs) - Wikipedia

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   A dog-leg staircase A quarter-landing, on a dog-leg staircase, is made into an architectural feature, by the use of arches, vaulting and stained glass. A dog-leg is a configuration of stairs between two floors of a building, often a domestic building, in which a flight of stairs ascends to a quarter-landing before turning at a right angle and continuing upwards. [1]

7. Speed square - Wikipedia

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   Among its basic uses are marking common, hip, valley and hip, or valley jack rafters, laying out stair stringers, determining and marking angles, and making square cuts on boards. Common lines made using a speed square include perpendicular cut marks and Angles definition of an angle for roofs, stairways, and decks. The tool uses a 0° reference.