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2. Squeaky hinge - Wikipedia

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   Oiling a squeaky hinge is considered a masculine behaviour. [3] Some hinges are designed not to squeak. [4] Chinese hinges may be designed to make a sounds like a spoken word. [further explanation needed] [citation needed] Simulation of the sound of a squeaking hinge is important in virtual reality or games.

3. Garage door - Wikipedia

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   A hinge on each side that attaches to the bottom of each side of the garage door. Using track hardware, a car can be parked much closer to the door, as the door is positioned entirely inside the garage door header when in the open position. Track-type hardware has less arc when raising and lowering the garage door than jamb-type hardware.

4. Floor - Wikipedia

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   Where a special floor structure like a floating floor is laid upon another floor, both may be called subfloors. Special floor structures are used for a number of purposes: Balcony, a platform projecting from a wall; Floating floor, normally for noise or vibration reduction; Glass floor, as in glass bottomed elevators

5. Garage door opener - Wikipedia

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   The electric overhead garage door opener was invented by C.G. Johnson in 1926 in Hartford City, Indiana. [1] Electric Garage Door openers did not become popular until Era Meter Company of Chicago offered one after World War II where the overhead garage door could be opened via a key pad located on a post at the end of the driveway or a switch inside the garage.

6. Nightingale floor - Wikipedia

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   An information sign in Nijō castle states that "The singing sound is not actually intentional, stemming rather from the movement of nails against clumps in the floor caused by wear and tear over the years". Legend has it that the squeaking floors were used as a security device, assuring that no one could sneak through the corridors undetected. [1]

7. Wall plate - Wikipedia

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   Lower wall plates, base plate, floor plate, or bottom plate [4] — a second lower wall plate to which the wall studs are through nailed and which is the bottom of the wall section when assembled as a rectangular assembly. On an upper story, the lower wall plate is nailed to the platform of the supporting floor. The supporting platform is being ...