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2. 20 Timeless Window Treatment Ideas for Sliding Glass Doors - AOL

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   Liven up your sliding glass doors with these designer-approved ideas on curtains, blinds, and other creative sliding glass door window treatments. 20 Timeless Window Treatment Ideas for Sliding ...

3. Anchor plate - Wikipedia

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   Although there are many types of anchors or anchorages, according to the Dictionary of Architecture and Construction, an anchor plate specifically is a "wrought-iron clamp, of Flemish origin, on the exterior side of a brick building wall that is connected to the opposite wall by a steel tie-rod to prevent the two walls from spreading apart ...

4. Tie (cavity wall) - Wikipedia

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   Cavity wall tie shape diagram Proceeding way of Tie corrosion. The tie in a cavity wall [1] [2] is a component used to tie the internal and external walls (or leaves)—constructed of bricks or cement blocks—together, making the two parts to act as a homogeneous unit. It is placed in the cavity wall during construction and spans the cavity.

5. Framing (construction) - Wikipedia

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   Wall framing in house construction includes the vertical and horizontal members of exterior walls and interior partitions, both of bearing walls and non-bearing walls. . These stick members, referred to as studs, wall plates and lintels (sometimes called headers), serve as a nailing base for all covering material and support the upper floor platforms, which provide the lateral strength along a

6. List of house types - Wikipedia

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   Earth sheltered: houses using dirt ("earth") piled against it exterior walls for thermal mass, which reduces heat flow into or out of the house, maintaining a more steady indoor temperature. Pit-house: a prehistoric house type used on many continents and of many styles, partially sunken into the ground. Rammed earth; Sod house; Earthbag home

7. Curtain wall (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   A curtain wall is an exterior covering of a building in which the outer walls are non-structural, instead serving to protect the interior of the building from the elements. Because the curtain wall façade carries no structural load beyond its own dead load weight, it can be made of lightweight materials.