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  2. Lintel - Wikipedia

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    A lintel or lintol is a type of beam (a horizontal structural element) that spans openings such as portals, doors, windows and fireplaces. It can be a decorative ...

  3. Framing (construction) - Wikipedia

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    Light frame material dimensions range from 38 by 89 mm (1.5 by 3.5 in); i.e., a Dimensional number two-by-four to 5 cm by 30 cm (two-by-twelve inches) at the cross-section, and lengths ranging from 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) for walls to 7 metres (23 ft) or more for joists and rafters.

  4. Wall stud - Wikipedia

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    trimmer or jack − stud to the left or right of a window or door that runs from the bottom plate to the underside of a lintel or header; cripple stud – a stud located either above or below a framed opening, that does not run the full height of the wall; post or column − a doubled or other integral multiple of a group of studs nailed side ...

  5. Timber framing - Wikipedia

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    A simple timber frame made of straight vertical and horizontal pieces with a common rafter roof without purlins. The term box frame is not well defined and has been used for any kind of framing (with the usual exception of cruck framing). The distinction presented here is that the roof load is carried by the exterior walls.

  6. Shelf angle - Wikipedia

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    [2] In the United States, common sizes for steel shelf angles include L 3" x 3" x 1/4" and L 4" x 4" x 1/4".In the UK and Europe shelf angles / masonry support are predominantly manufactured in stainless steel to prevent corrosion and failure. These are bespoke to the building's frame and engineered to take the loads required.

  7. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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    A formalized lintel, the lowest member of the classical entablature. Also the moulded frame of a door or window (often borrowing the profile of a classical architrave). Area or basement area In Georgian architecture, the small paved yard giving entry, via "area steps", to the basement floor at the front of a terraced house. Arris

  8. Insulating concrete form - Wikipedia

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    For Post and Lintel System ICFs, the concrete has a horizontal member, called a lintel, only at the top of the wall (Horizontal concrete at the bottom of the wall is often present in the form of the building's footer or the lintel of the wall below.) and vertical members, called posts, between the lintel and the surface on which the wall is ...

  9. List of partitions of traditional Japanese architecture

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    Battens (mairako) may be set crosswise to planks, may cover joins, or may act as a frame into which the planks are set, appearing on both sides. [19] [20] Popular 1100s-1600s To-fusuma (戸襖), including sugi-do (杉戸) more images: Solid wooden sliding doors Sugi-do made of sugi, and flat. Much heavier than frame doors such as fusuma. Kōshi