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2. Attic - Wikipedia

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   Louvered attic vent in a gable. Modern building codes permit both vented and unvented attics in all climates, if a building is otherwise correctly constructed. [5] However, unoccupied attics should usually be ventilated [6] to reduce the accumulation of heat and moisture that contribute to mold growth and decay of wood rafters and ceiling ...

3. List of heritage sites in Graaff-Reinet - Wikipedia

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   Neo-Gothic hall church with high-pitched roof, rounded point windows and end gables. High pitched slate roof with cast iron ridge crest and hut-shaped vents. Gable and side wall shave heavy plaster mouldings and rustication. Pilasters and half buttress Architectural style: Neo-Gothic. Type of site: Church Current use: Church. Graaff-Reinet ...

4. Louver - Wikipedia

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   Modern louvers are often made of aluminum, metal, wood, or glass.They may be opened and closed with a metal lever, pulleys, or through motorized operators. [3]The Australian Standard specifies requirements for the construction of buildings using louver in bushfire-prone areas in order to improve their resistance to bushfire attack from burning embers, radiant heat, flame contact and ...

5. List of roof shapes - Wikipedia

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   Dutch gable, gablet: A hybrid of hipped and gable with the gable (wall) at the top and hipped lower down; i.e. the opposite arrangement to the half-hipped roof. Overhanging eaves forming shelter around the building are a consequence where the gable wall is in line with the other walls of the buildings; i.e., unless the upper gable is recessed.

6. Gable - Wikipedia

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   This arrangement is a crossed gable roof Gable in Finland Decorative gable roof at 176–178 St. John's Place between Sixth and Seventh Avenue in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches. The shape of the gable and how it is ...

7. Dutch gable - Wikipedia

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   A Dutch gable or Flemish gable is a gable whose sides have a shape made up of one or more curves and which has a pediment at the top. The gable may be an entirely decorative projection above a flat section of roof line, or may be the termination of a roof, like a normal gable (the picture of Montacute House, right, shows both types).