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  2. Deck railing - Wikipedia

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    Mountain laurel handrail, glass baluster systems, metal baluster systems, and composite railing systems all install in a similar manner. The differences is in the type of baluster installed. All four of these deck railings can be built using pressure treated lumber, another wood like cedar, or composite lumber to provide the structure.

  3. Viga (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    The porch's roof treatment was the same as in the interior room, but the space provided was used for different purposes. Vigas were usually installed with the smaller ends to one side of the roof to facilitate good drainage. [12] Vigas usually sat directly on the adobe or stone walls and were strapped.

  4. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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    (Greek: Περίστασις) A four-sided porch or hall of columns surrounding the cella in an ancient Greek peripteros temple (see also Peristyle). In ecclesial architecture, it is also used of the area between the baluster of a Catholic church and the high altar (what is usually called the sanctuary or chancel). Peristyle

  5. Baluster - Wikipedia

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    The term baluster shaft is used to describe forms such as a candlestick, upright furniture support, and the stem of a brass chandelier. [citation needed] The term banister (also bannister) refers to a baluster or to the system of balusters and handrail of a stairway. [3] It may be used to include its supporting structures, such as a supporting ...

  6. Collar beam - Wikipedia

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    Often a collar is structural but they may be used simply to frame a ceiling. A collar beam is often called a collar tie but this is rarely correct. A tie in building construction is an element in tension rather than compression and most collar beams are designed to work in compression to keep the rafters from sagging.

  7. Stairs - Wikipedia

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    In the UK, stair pitch is the angle the pitch line makes with the horizontal, measured in degrees. The value of the slope, as a ratio, is then the tangent of the pitch angle. Headroom is the height above the nosing of a tread to the ceiling above it. Walkline – for curved stairs, the inner radius of the curve may result in very narrow treads ...

  8. Lustron house - Wikipedia

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    All models featured metal cabinetry, a service and storage area, and metal ceiling tiles. In the Westchester Deluxe models, the living room and master bedrooms featured built-in wall units. As an added option, customers were presented with the unique Thor-brand combination clothes- and dish-washer , which incorporated the kitchen sink.

  9. Ceiling - Wikipedia

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    A subset of the dropped ceiling is the suspended ceiling, wherein a network of aluminum struts, as opposed to drywall, are attached to the joists, forming a series of rectangular spaces. Individual pieces of cardboard are then placed inside the bottom of those spaces so that the outer side of the cardboard, interspersed with aluminum rails, is ...