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2. Guard rail - Wikipedia

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   An example of a common residential guard rail (US) or handrail (Brit.) is a wood railing around a deck or patio. In the US this is typically built on-site from pressure treated lumber thus featuring a simplistic design of vertical baluster spaced every 3.5 inches (8.9 cm) demonstrating compliance with building codes (standards).

3. Fire escape - Wikipedia

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   The installation of window air conditioners in individual apartment units with fire escape-facing windows, often installed against code or local ordinance by residents, [6] which require the unit to be affixed to the window sash, also make a fire escape nearly useless in the summer months; the bulk and weight of an air conditioner unit placed ...

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5. Agricultural fencing - Wikipedia

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   Log fences or split-rail fences were simple fences constructed in newly cleared areas by stacking log rails. Earth could also be used as a fence; an example was what is now called the sunken fence , or "ha-ha," a type of wall built by digging a ditch with one steep side (which animals cannot scale) and one sloped side (where the animals roam).

6. Iron railing - Wikipedia

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   An iron railing is a fence made of iron. This may either be wrought iron , which is ductile and durable and may be hammered into elaborate shapes when hot, or the cheaper cast iron , which is of low ductility and quite brittle.

7. Standpipe (firefighting) - Wikipedia

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   External access point for fire sprinkler and dry standpipe at a building in San Francisco, US Antique wet standpipe preserved at Edison and Ford Winter Estates. A standpipe or riser is a type of rigid water piping which is built into multi-story buildings in a vertical position, or into bridges in a horizontal position, to which fire hoses can be connected, allowing manual application of water ...