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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. Guastavino tile - Wikipedia

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   Guastavino tile vaulting in the City Hall station of the New York City Subway Guastavino ceiling tiles on the south arcade of the Manhattan Municipal Building. The Guastavino tile arch system is a version of Catalan vault introduced to the United States in 1885 by Spanish architect and builder Rafael Guastavino (1842–1908). [1]

4. 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 ...

5. Course (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   If a course is the horizontal arrangement, then a wythe is a continuous vertical section of masonry [2] one unit in thickness. A wythe may be independent of, or interlocked with, the adjoining wythe(s). A single wythe of brick that is not structural in nature is referred to as a masonry veneer.

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. 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.