Domestic roof construction is the framing and roof covering which is found on most detached houses in cold and temperate climates. Such roofs are built...
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A roof (pl.: roofs or rooves) is the top covering of a building, including all materials and constructions necessary to support it on the walls of the...
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A roofer, roof mechanic, or roofing contractor is a tradesman who specializes in roof construction. Roofers replace, repair, and install the roofs of buildings...
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roof is a type of polygonal hipped roof with steeply pitched slopes rising to a peak or intersection. List of roof shapes Domestic roof construction Finial...
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designed to facilitate cleaning roofs. Domestic roof construction Roofer Brook, Alan J. (1968). "The Discoloration of Roofs in the United States and Canada...
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Collar beam (category Roofs)
a horizontal member between two rafters and is very common in domestic roof construction. Often a collar is structural but they may be used simply to frame...
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List of commercially available roofing materials (redirect from Roof materials)
polyester roof, Michigan, US Copper clad roof, MIT, United States Roof Domestic roof construction List of roof shapes Board roof Building construction Building...
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Traditional Korean roof construction has traditionally used many kinds of natural materials. They are made of neowa (shingle), giwa (tiles), byeotjib...
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boring - Displacement ventilation - Distribution board - Dolos - Domestic roof construction - Double envelope house - Double tee - Dragon beam - Drain (plumbing)...
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shooting in hopes of igniting a race war. Roof's actions in Charleston have been widely described as domestic terrorism. Three days after the shooting...
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decommissioning. The construction industry contributes significantly to many countries' gross domestic products (GDP). Global expenditure on construction activities...
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Hampton Court's ornate hammerbeam roof in the Great Hall Bismanis, Maija R. The medieval English domestic timber roof: a handbook of types. New York u...
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Building envelope (category Construction)
pitched roofs are covered with an underlayment material beneath the roof covering material as a second line of defense. Domestic roof construction may also...
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structurally advanced for its period, bold, and relatively unusual. The roof, made from concrete slabs, is corrugated for rigidity and cantilevers over...
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Shed (section Small domestic)
complexity of construction, from simple open-sided ones designed to cover bicycles or garden items to large wood-framed structures with shingled roofs, windows...
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Gambrel (redirect from Gambrel roof)
Dwelling with gambrel roof in Amityville, New York, made famous by The Amityville Horror. If the date of construction and the roof of the Henry Bull House...
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A timber roof truss is a structural framework of timbers designed to bridge the space above a room and to provide support for a roof. Trusses usually...
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A mansard or mansard roof (also called French roof or curb roof) is a multi-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterised by two slopes on each of its sides...
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roof is a roof which is almost level in contrast to the many types of sloped roofs. The slope of a roof is properly known as its pitch and flat roofs...
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Waterproofing (section In construction)
In building construction, waterproofing is a fundamental aspect of creating a building envelope, which is a controlled environment. The roof covering materials...
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Rain gutter (redirect from Roof gutters)
in 360 fall towards the downpipe. The pitch of a pitched roof is determined by the construction material of the covering. For slate this will be at 25%...
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design Building Code Shallow foundation Light-frame construction or Post-frame construction Domestic water system Electrical wiring Building envelope Retaining...
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In the United States, domestic terrorism is defined as terrorist acts that were carried out within the United States by U.S. citizens and/or U.S. permanent...
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the company suffered from a decline in domestic construction and supplemented its limited production of roof tile by temporarily opening pottery divisions...
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Expansion tank (section Domestic applications)
vessel is a small tank used to protect closed water heating systems and domestic hot water systems from excessive pressure. The tank is partially filled...
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American historic carpentry (redirect from Single-wall construction)
of structural carpentry are often defined by the wall, floor, and roof construction such as log, timber framed, balloon framed, or stacked plank. Some...
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2+1⁄2-story masonry building, with a tile hip roof, and walls finished in brick and stone. The roof is pierced by hip-roofed dormers on both the long and short sides...
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Lendlease (redirect from Lend Lease's Project Management & Construction Business)
in construction earnings to $131 million. In May 2024, Lendlease announced plans to sell its overseas operations and to be focused on its domestic operations...
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Barrel vault (redirect from Wagon roof)
side (i.e., one after another). It is a form of barrel roof. As with all arch-based constructions, there is an outward thrust generated against the walls...
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Dutch Colonial is a style of domestic architecture, primarily characterized by gambrel roofs having curved eaves along the length of the house. Modern...
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