Slate roof - Clement House/Red Cross Building
Slate roof - John W. Cowper House
Slate roof - George F. Rand House / Canisius High School ...
slate
A roof material made from a hard, fine-grained rock that cleaves into thin, smooth layers.
sleepers ...
Slate
A hard, brittle rock characterized by good cleavage along parallel planes; used as cut stone in thin sheets for flooring, roofing and panels.
Soffit ...
SLATE A fine-grained metamorphic rock that splits into thin, smooth-surfaced layers. In building, most often used in this area for roofing.
SNECKED Of masonry, with courses broken by smaller stones (snecks).
Slates should be laid double lapped i.e. each slate covers part of the slates in two courses below. They can be single or double nailed.
slate club - a group of people who save money in a common fund for a specific purpose (usually distributed at Christmas)
sorority - a social club for female undergraduates
turnverein - a club of tumblers or gymnasts ...
Zax, slater's axe - A tool with a straight flat blade like a butcher's chopper, with a point projecting from the back. It is used to cut slates or punch nail holes.
Z-bar, Zee-Bar (USA) - A Z- purlin ...
Cupola
Patterned slate on roof
Wrought iron cresting above upper cornice
Classical pediments
Paired columns
Tall windows on first story
Small entry porch
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Batten - thin strips of timber, commonly used to support roof tiles or slates.
Bay Window - a window formed in a projection of a wall and carried on foundations.
spitze) given to the lofty roofs in stone or wood covered with lead or slate, which crown the towers of cathedrals, churches, &C.
Slab blockA multi-storey block with flats approached from corridors or galleries from service cores at intervals or towers at the ends (plan also used for offices, hotels etc.)Slate-hangingCovering of overlapping slates on a wall, ...
The most outstanding feature of this church is the multi-coloured slate roof. Many features of the church are representative of Romanesque architecture. On the east end the windows in the apse are very high off the ground.
The larger foundation will often translate into larger lot size requirements as well. Though the 'footprint' of a bungalow is often a simple rectangle, any foundation shape is possible.
Damp-Proof Course Layer of impervious material (bitumen felt, PVC, slate etc) incorporated into a wall and designed to prevent dampness rising up the wall, and lateral dampness penetrating around windows, doors etc.
That inquiry proposed that the government should legislate a definition of a charity, based on the principles developed through case law. This resulted in the Charities Bill 2003.
BATTENS - Thin timber strips, to which tiles and slates are fixed.
BEETLE INFESTATION - (Wood boring insects; woodworm). Larvae of various species of beetle which tunnel into timber causing damage. Specialist treatment normally required.
shingle A unit composed of wood, cement, asphalt compound, slate, tile or the like, employed in an overlapping series to cover roofs and walls.
shouldered arch An arch composed of a square-headed lintel supported at each end by a concave corbel.
Batten - Small section of timber to which sheet materials, slates and roof tiles are fixed.
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Block - Masonry unit, which is larger than a brick and is designed to improve construction speed.
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Lath: Thin strip of wood used in the fixing of roof tiles or slates, or as a backing to plaster.
Lintel: Horizontal structural beam of timber, stone, steel or concrete placed over window or door openings.
louver - An opening, often of wood slates, used or ventilation
lunnette - A semi-circular window in the recessed part (tympanum) of a gable ...
V-Type Ridge Cover - A series of clay shingles used to cover the ridge pole on tile and slate roofs.
Valley - A low region on a roof between gables.
Valley Jacks - Rafters that run from the ridge rafter to the valley rafter.
shingle - a thin wedge-shaped piece of wood, slate, etc. laid with others in a series of overlapping rows for roofs and sides of houses.
(p. 32, p. 36, p. 46).
Sinan's achievement was to translate this plan into a large scale and reduce to a minimum the obstruction of piers to create an open space horizontally and vertically.
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.
Heavy shingles in tile or slate
Breakfast nooks off the kitchen
Recessed window seats
Beamed ceilings with dark wood or plaster beams finished to look like wood ...
Most French Provincial houses have these features:
French windows or shutters
high, steep hipped or gable roof
balanced appearance windows
second-story windows break through the cornice
expensive materials used: copper, slate, brick ...
The roofers used lead, tile, or slate for cathedrals as well. These materials were a lot lighter than the tiles that were used by the Romans or stones used in the mountain areas.
of popularity in the early 20th century, the Craftsman style of home was mostly applied to small, affordable bungalows. In recent years, however, the quality and architectural details of the Craftsman style has reemerged and been found to translate ...
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