Building Technique: For Domestic and Similar Structures |
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angles appearance architects architraves asbestos asbestos-cement battens beneath bituminous boards boiler brick brickwork builders building casements cause cavity walling ceiling cement chimney cill coat cold colour concrete course covered DADO RAILS damp dampcourse defects desirable domestic door drain dry rot eaves edge effect electric external face fillets finish fire fittings fixing floor flue flush frame glazed gutter gypsum heating height hot-water joints joists laid lath less liable light lime lintels material metal moisture mortar nailed ordinary painted panel pantiles partitions paving picture rail pipe plain tiles plaster plywood Portland cement position practice provision PURLIN putty rafters rails ridge roof roof pitch sand sash scantlings screwed shown in Fig shrinkage similar skirting slabs slates slopes soffit solid space suitable supply surface tank thickness TILE RIDGE timber tion trouble usually ventilation width window wood