Pointing - The treatment of joints in masonry for appearance or protection by filling with mortar under tool pressure and usually to a definite form; the filling placed in joints of roofing of slate, tile, etc., as a closure.
Pointing: Smooth outer edge of mortar joint between bricks, stones etc.
Powder Post Beetle: (Bostrychidae or Lyctidae family of beetles) A relatively uncommon pest that can, if untreated, cause widespread damage to structural timbers.
Pointing Outer edge of mortar joint between bricks, stones etc.
Purlin Horizontal beam in a roof providing intermediate support to the rafters.
PVCu (uPVC) Unplasticized polyvinyl chloride. Used in window frames and replacement eaves.
POINTING
A exposed mortar jointing of masonry or brickwork. Types include flush, recessed and tuck (with a narrow channel filled with finer, whiter mortar). Historic buildings generally used a lime mortar.
Re-pointing - To fill the joints between the brick.
Ridge Board - The horizontal structural member at the top of a roof where the rafters meet.
Tuck pointingExposed mortar jointing of masonry or brickwork with a narrow central channel filled with finer, whiter mortar.Tudor
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Pointing / Dotter / Bed Jointer
- the exposed mortar finishing between bricks or stones in a wall, whose primary function is to provide a bed and to prevent water penetrating into the core of the wall.
pointing, repointing The treatment of joints between bricks, stone, or other masonry components by filling with mortar; also, called tuck-pointing.
portico A small porch composed of a roof supported by columns, often found in front of a doorway.
a. Information pointing toward a possible solution; a clue: followed a promising lead in the murder case.
b. An indication of potential opportunity; a tip: a good lead for a job.
in every knowledge, for inventing and executing work in gold and silver, and brass, gems, wood, and in art of all kinds; and he had discerned by means of pious reflection, that God complacently beheld decoration of this kind, which He was appointing ...
This consists of a rectangular enclosure built on an east-west axis with the qibla pointing west towards Mecca. The courtyard is entered from two entrances on the north-south sides and a larger domed entrance to the east.
The first form was taken from the early Christian and Roman basilica forms, which created a long central barrel vaulted nave pointing East to West.
Four clock towers with four clocks each pointing in a different direction flank the front entrance. A colonnade supporting a plain cornice provides the heart of the building; all offices and departments radiate from here.
A general term applied to any kind of drop ornament pointing downwards, on furniture, lighting fixtures, etc.
It may be a pendant sphere, pendant finial, or pendant husk.
A drop is a type of pendant that hangs from a skirt ...
re-entrant corners: corners with angles pointing inward.
refectory: the dining hall of a monastery.
reinforced concrete: concrete strengthened by an inner core of steel wire, making it equally effective in tension and compression.
Re-entrant corners - Corners with angles pointing inwards.
Regulus - The short band between the tenia and guttae on a Doric entablature.
Rendering - The plastering of an outer wall.
It has been described as a "phalanx of fighters" turned on their tails and pointing heavenward. In 1967, Architect Pietro Belluschi designed the strikingly modern Cathedral of St.
a decorative molding consisting of alternating oval (egg) and downwardpointing (dart) elements.
Elevation
an architectural diagram showing the exterior (or, less often, interior) surface of a building as if projected onto a vertical plane.
Egg and Tongue - A molding consisting of a egg-shaped element alternating with a downward pointing tongue. Easily confused with egg and dart.
Entablature - The roof elements of a structure consisting of the cornice, architrave and frieze.
The curve of each roof can be no more than a sweep and the most intricate designs on the roof are almost always pointing south-east. However, there aresome down sides to having all of these decorations of the roof.
En bec: A tower which is described as being 'en bec' is a tower which has a beaked projection pointing towards the most likely direction of attack by an enemy's siege equipment.
After studying the following glossary, you'll be able to amaze your friends as you walk through the streets of your town pointing out lancets, porticos, corbels and campaniles.
 See also: Architecture, Mortar, House, Masonry, Brick
  
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