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2. Deck (building) - Wikipedia

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   Deck on roof of hotel in New York High-rise commercial and residential buildings with rooftop decks often utilize urban landscaping techniques to create "green spaces" or "sky parks". With this trend in outdoor living increasing, many landscape architecture firms are specialized in the design, construction and maintenance of these spaces.

3. List of roof shapes - Wikipedia

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   Pyramid roof: A steep hip roof on a square building. Pyatthat: A multi-tiered and spired roof commonly found in Burmese royal and Buddhist architecture. Tented: A type of polygonal hipped roof with steeply pitched slopes rising to a peak; Helm roof, Rhenish helm: A pyramidal roof with gable ends; often found on church towers.

4. Home improvement - Wikipedia

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   The concept of home improvement, home renovation or remodeling is the process of renovating, making improvements or making additions to one's home. [1] Home improvement can consist of projects that upgrade an existing home interior (such as electrical and plumbing), exterior (masonry, concrete, siding, roofing) or other improvements to the property (i.e. garden work or garage maintenance ...

5. Domestic roof construction - Wikipedia

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   A more recent design is the installation of a roof deck with foil-backed foam along with a second deck that is air-gapped away from the foil-backed foam to allow air to flow vertically to a ventilation outlet at the peak of the roof—it is a double-deck design with an air gap. This design improves efficiency. [13]

6. Patio - Wikipedia

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   An outdoor seating area at a restaurant in State College, Pennsylvania. Patio is also a general term used for outdoor seating at restaurants, especially in Canadian English.

7. Cladding (construction) - Wikipedia

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   In addition to the chimney effect, the cladding material itself can contribute to a fire. Brick has excellent fire resistance ; planks or weatherboards made from fibre cement or steel have high fire resistance; aluminium and reconstituted timber products have good fire resistance, and timber weatherboards and plywood sheets have poor fire ...