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  2. Neko chigura - Wikipedia

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    Neko chigura (nekochigura) or Neko tsugura (nekotsugura) is a kind of cat house made of straw in Japan. [2] [3] It is a folk craft of Sekikawa-mura, Niigata-ken, or Akiyamago (the area of Tsunan-machi, Niigata-ken and Sakae-mura, Nagano-ken). It is called "Nekochigura" in Sekikawa, and "Nekotsugura" in Akiyamago .

  3. Cat tree - Wikipedia

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    A cat tree (also referred to as a cat house, cat condo, kitty condo, or cat tower) is an artificial structure for a cat to play, exercise, relax and sleep on. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Cat trees vary in height and complexity, with most cats preferring features offering height [ 1 ] over comfort, particularly if tall enough to allow a clear survey of their ...

  4. Insulating concrete form - Wikipedia

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    The first expanded polystyrene ICF Wall forms were developed in the late 1960s with the expiration of the original patent and the advent of modern foam plastics by BASF. [citation needed] Canadian contractor Werner Gregori filed the first patent for a foam concrete form in 1966 with a block "measuring 16 inches high by 48 inches long with a tongue-and-groove interlock, metal ties, and a waffle ...

  5. April Wilkerson - Wikipedia

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    With Tim Allen and Richard Karn, Wilkerson co-hosts several TV series that are spiritual spin-offs of Home Improvement sitcom's show-within-a-show Tool Time. [14] In 2021, she so costarred on Assembly Required, a series that premiered on History in February 2021. On each episode, three do-it-yourself experts undertake two rounds of building ...

  6. Building insulation - Wikipedia

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    Mineral wool insulation A semi-detached house with one half of the facade in the original state and the other half after insulation with polystyrene Old brick houses in Sosnowiec, Poland, insulated with polystyrene A single-family house in Bielsko-Biała, Poland, during the implementation of thermal insulation A historic building in Kuźnia Raciborska, Poland, during the implementation of ...

  7. House plan - Wikipedia

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    Elevation view of the Panthéon, Paris principal façade Floor plans of the Putnam House. A house plan [1] is a set of construction or working drawings (sometimes called blueprints) that define all the construction specifications of a residential house such as the dimensions, materials, layouts, installation methods and techniques.

  8. Straw-bale construction - Wikipedia

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    This straw bale house plastered with loam earthen plaster is located in Swalmen, in the southeastern Netherlands Alternatively, bale buildings can have a structural frame of other materials, usually lumber or timber-frame, with bales simply serving as insulation and plaster substrate, ("infill" or "non-loadbearing" technique), which is most ...

  9. Lustron house - Wikipedia

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    Fifty-eight of Quantico's Lustrons were offered for free (with an application and $8,000 deposit) in 2006, yet only one individual came forward and acquired a home, which was disassembled and moved to storage in Delaware. [14] Twenty-three of Quantico's Lustrons were demolished in 2006, and an additional thirty-four homes were razed in 2007. [15]