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Sectional-type steel with exterior cladding overhead garage doors in the style of old carriage house doors. A common material for a new garage door is a steel sheet formed or stamped to look like a raised panel wooden door. Steel doors are available in uninsulated, insulated, and a three-layer door, also known as a sandwich-style door.
A widow's walk, also known as a widow's watch or roofwalk, is a railed rooftop platform often having an inner cupola/turret frequently found on 19th-century North American coastal houses. The name is said to come from the wives of mariners , who would watch for their spouses' return, often in vain as the ocean took their lives, leaving the ...
1. Paint the Front Door. You can boost your home's curb appeal at a small cost by painting your front door. "With a good coat of primer and a couple coats of exterior paint, your door will look ...
An ornate 19th-century porte-cochère, at Waddesdon Manor A modern example at a hospital. A porte-cochère (/ ˌ p ɔːr t k oʊ ˈ ʃ ɛ r /; French: [pɔʁt.kɔ.ʃɛʁ]; lit. ' coach gateway '; [1] pl. porte-cochères – pl. portes-cochères) [2] is a doorway to a building or courtyard, "often very grand," through which vehicles can enter from the street [3] or a covered porch-like ...
Window Un-Well (a.k.a. Window Well to Hell) Homeowner hired contractor to finish basement and install larger windows to make a living space for her daughter and grandchildren. After reaching the end of her rope and running out of money she fired the contractor. When she noticed the window wells filling with water she called Mike.
A multistorey car park in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic The interior of a shopping mall's parking garage in Kungälv, Sweden. A multistorey car park [1] [2] (Commonwealth English) or parking garage (American English), [1] also called a multistorey, [3] parking building, parking structure, parkade (), parking ramp, parking deck, or indoor parking, is a building designed for car, motorcycle ...
This window may be set on hinges and is then also known as a vent window, wing window, wing vent window, or a fly window. Most often found on older vehicles on the front doors, it is a small roughly triangular glass in front of and separate from the main window that rotates inward (see top right image) for ventilation.
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