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  2. Domestic roof construction - Wikipedia

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    A truss roof with tongue and groove sheathing. The gap in the sheathing at the ridge is the space designed to allow natural ventilation. Pre-manufactured roof trusses come in a wide variety of styles. They are designed by the manufacturer for each specific building. Timber trusses also are built in a variety of styles using wood or metal joints.

  3. 6 Costly Home Improvements That Won’t Boost Your Property Value

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    The Alternative: Replace cabinet fronts in the kitchen and stick with low-cost countertops and appliances. Use a standard porcelain tub and inexpensive ceramic tile in the bath.

  4. Siding (construction) - Wikipedia

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    Though installation and repair is relatively simple, wood siding requires more maintenance than other popular solutions, requiring treatment every four to nine years depending on the severity of the elements to which it is exposed. Ants and termites are a threat to many types of wood siding, such that extra treatment and maintenance that can ...

  5. Joist - Wikipedia

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    A double floor is a floor framed with joists supported by larger timbers.. In traditional timber framing there may be a single set of joists which carry both a floor and ceiling called a single floor (single joist floor, single framed floor) or two sets of joists, one carrying the floor and another carrying the ceiling called a double floor (double framed floor).

  6. Copper in architecture - Wikipedia

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    Installation techniques such as prefabrication, in-situ machine forming, mechanized seaming, and the long-strip system help to reduce the installation costs of copper roofing. By lowering installation costs, these techniques permit designers to specify copper into a wider array of building types, not just large prestigious projects as had been ...

  7. 10 Discontinued Chick-Fil-A Menu Items That Customers Want ...

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    Spicy Chick-Fil-A Chick-n-Strips. For those who crave a kick of heat, Chick-fil-A’s Spicy Chick-n-Strips were a standout hit. Chicken breast strips seasoned with a spicy blend of peppers quickly ...

  8. NCAA college football transfer portal: What is it, when it ...

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    The NCAA college football transfer portal is days away from opening. Here is how it works and when it begins.

  9. Piping and plumbing fitting - Wikipedia

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    A common type of this style fitting is a "hex bushing" with a hex head for installation with a pipe wrench. A double-tapped bushing is more compact than a reducer but not as flexible. While a double-tapped bushing has a more minor female thread concentric to a larger male thread (and thus couples a smaller male end to a larger female), a ...