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2. Blocking (construction) - Wikipedia

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   Blocking (dwang, nog, noggin, and nogging) is the use of short pieces of dimensional lumber in wood framed construction to brace longer members or to provide grounds for fixings. Uses [ edit ]

3. Ladder - Wikipedia

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   The safest angle for a ladder is 75.5°; if it is too shallow, the bottom of the ladder is at risk of sliding, and if it is too steep, the ladder may fall backwards. This angle is achieved by following the 4 to 1 rule for a ladder placed on a vertical wall: for every four feet of vertical height, the ladder foot should move one foot from the wall.

4. 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

5. Deck the halls (extra carefully): Common Christmas injuries ...

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   Predictably, ladders came out on top, contributing to 17% of the estimated hospital visits. Despite women being more likely to be injured overall, men were twice as likely to be in accidents ...

6. Bracket (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   [1] [2] It can be made of wood, stone, plaster, metal, or other media. A corbel or console are types of brackets. [3] In mechanical engineering a bracket is any intermediate component for fixing one part to another, usually larger, part. What makes a bracket a bracket is that it is intermediate between the two and fixes the one to the other.

7. 21 Vintage Photos of Christmas Window Displays From the Last ...

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   Emigh-Winchell Hardware Company: 1920s. Santa Claus is front and center in this display within a window display circa 1920s that's all about toy trucks, cars and bikes.

8. UnitedHealthcare CEO killing latest: Luigi Mangione to waive ...

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   Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, will waive extradition to New York when he appears in court in Pennsylvania on Thursday, his attorney said ...

9. Timber framing - Wikipedia

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   A simple timber frame made of straight vertical and horizontal pieces with a common rafter roof without purlins. The term box frame is not well defined and has been used for any kind of framing (with the usual exception of cruck framing). The distinction presented here is that the roof load is carried by the exterior walls.