enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Flitch beam - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flitch_beam

    This would give us, to be supported by the girder, a floor area of 12' x 25' = 300 square feet" [3] and 31,500 pounds of load. After performing calculations the beams compare as follows: After performing calculations the beams compare as follows:

  3. Lintel - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lintel

    Many different building materials have been used for lintels. [3] In classical Western architecture and construction methods, by Merriam-Webster definition, a lintel is a load-bearing member and is placed over an entranceway. [3] The lintel may be called an architrave, but that term has alternative meanings that include more structure besides ...

  4. Catnic Components Ltd v Hill & Smith Ltd - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catnic_Components_Ltd_v...

    Catnic Components had a patent for a steel lintel, used to provide structural support over a door or window opening in a brick wall. The lintel is hollow, being made from sheet steel pressed into a rectangular or trapezoidal shape with a wind to anchor the device to the surrounding brickwork. Part of the specification required a bar to "extend ...

  5. Framing (construction) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framing_(construction)

    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. Post and lintel - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_and_lintel

    Post and lintel (also called prop and lintel, a trabeated system, or a trilithic system) is a building system where strong horizontal elements are held up by strong vertical elements with large spaces between them. This is usually used to hold up a roof, creating a largely open space beneath, for whatever use the building is designed.

  7. Shelf angle - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelf_angle

    [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.

  8. What do people regret the most when they retire? [Video] - AOL

    www.aol.com/finance/people-regret-most-retire...

    Tapping Social Security too soon. One of the biggest gaffes people make when it comes to Social Security is claiming too early at a much lower benefit.

  9. Catnic - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catnic

    Catnic was established in 1969 when Brian Robinson took his idea to entrepreneur Alfred Gooding.The company conceived, developed and pioneered the steel lintel designed for the house building industry, and soon won a major share of the UK market.