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  2. Stairs - Wikipedia

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    Steepness of stairsrise and going. Any rise between 150 and 220 used with any going between 220 and 300 Maximum rise 220 and minimum going 220 remembering that the maximum pitch of private stairs is 42°. The normal relationship between dimensions of the rise and going is that twice the rise plus the going (2R + G) should be between 550 ...

  3. Multistorey car park - Wikipedia

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    A multistorey car park in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic The interior of a shopping mall's parking garage in Kungälv, Sweden. A multistorey car park [1] [2] (Commonwealth English) or parking garage (American English), [1] also called a multistorey, [3] parking building, parking structure, parkade (mainly Canadian), parking ramp, parking deck, or indoor parking, is a building designed for ...

  4. Escalator - Wikipedia

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    This causes the stairs to lay in a flat sheetlike arrangement, one after another, so they can easily travel around the bend in the curved section of track. The tracks carry the steps down along the underside of the truss until they reach the bottom landing, where they pass through another curved section of track before exiting the bottom landing.

  5. Floor area - Wikipedia

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    Hong Kong law Chapter 123F, Building (Planning) Regulations, Regulation 23 sect 3 sub-paragraph (a) defined that: Subject to sub-paragraph (b), for the purposes of regulations 19, 20, 21 and 22, the gross floor area of a building shall be the area contained within the external walls of the building measured at each floor level (including any floor below the level of the ground), together with ...

  6. 5-over-1 - Wikipedia

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    4-over-1 garage on bottom floor 4-over-1 and 3-over-1 in the background 5-over-1 style apartment buildings in Austin, Texas 5-over-1 or over-1s , also known as a one-plus-five or a podium building , [ 1 ] is a type of multi-family residential building commonly found in urban areas of North America .

  7. 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]

  8. Stair nosing - Wikipedia

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    The nosing is the protrusion beyond the riser when vertical risers are used, or beyond the back of the tread below, when angled risers or no risers are used. Anti-slip strips or nosings may be applied. These stair parts can be manufactured from a variety of materials including aluminum, vinyl, and wood.

  9. Garage door - Wikipedia

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    Sectional garage door Up-and-over garage door Garage Door Hardware. A garage door is a large door to allow egress for a garage that opens either manually or by an electric motor (a garage door opener). Garage doors are frequently large enough to accommodate automobiles and other vehicles. The operating mechanism is usually spring-loaded or ...