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2. Crawl space - Wikipedia

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   A crawl space or crawlspace is an unoccupied, unfinished, narrow space within a building, between the ground and the first (or ground) floor. The crawl space is so named because there is typically only enough room to crawl rather than stand; anything larger than about 1 to 1.5 metres (3 ft 3 in to 4 ft 11 in) and beneath the ground floor would ...

3. Attic - Wikipedia

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   An attic (sometimes referred to as a loft) is a space found directly below the pitched roof of a house or other building. It is also known as a sky parlor [ 1 ] or a garret . Because they fill the space between the ceiling of a building's top floor and its slanted roof, attics are known for being awkwardly-shaped spaces with difficult-to-reach ...

4. Cockloft - Wikipedia

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   They are commonly present in North America in older commercial buildings and rowhouses, with the roof above sloping from front to back, creating a shallow attic-like space. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Cocklofts have particular significance in firefighting, since they are difficult to access, are unlighted, require stooping or crawling, with no walkable ...

5. Crawlspace (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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   A crawl space is a narrow opening underneath the bottom of a building. Crawl space or Crawlspace may also refer to: Film. Crawlspace, a made-for-TV movie ...

6. Split-level home - Wikipedia

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   Most sidesplits have a crawl space that is half the size of the house such that the foundation is the same for both halves of the "split" house. Some others may have a split foundation with a full basement below even the lower main living area. Backsplit A backsplit is where the split level is only visible from the side elevation.

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8. Vault (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   Gothic rib vault ceiling of the Saint-Séverin church in Paris Interior elevation view of a Gothic cathedral, with rib-vaulted roof highlighted. In architecture, a vault (French voûte, from Italian volta) is a self-supporting arched form, usually of stone or brick, serving to cover a space with a ceiling or roof.

9. Bressummer - Wikipedia

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   (UK) Breastsummer is a beam in a wall which carries the load over a large opening derived from breast being in the front, mid-level and summer: "A horizontal, bearing beam in a building; spec. the main beam supporting the girders or joists of a floor...". [6] "a main piece of timber that supports a building, an architrave between two pillars" [7]