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How to use roof in a sentence

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The structures will be unified by a massive aluminum and zinc roof bordered by a narrow overhang.
The flat roof in the girls toilet has fallen in so when it rains, it is flooded.
Both Mr and Mrs Hayhurst were stranded on the roof as the river continued to rise rapidly.
The roof of the living room shook as the three girls ran across the hall and down the stairs.
Every window had been replaced, the panes gleaming, and the roof had been re-shingled with cedar shakes.
For it to be deemed a white Christmas, at least one flake of snow has to fall on the roof of the London weather centre.
Some rapid catching up followed to the accompaniment of the roof still rattling in the wind and off we all set again.
When the houseboat's roof started rattling, they knew it was time to get off.
But it's a touch cramped in there if you're any way tall, the seats need more lumbar support and the roof can rattle when it's stowed.
A piece of the roof, set aflame by the uncontrolled inferno, suddenly fell from the roof and on top of Tempest's right leg.
The school accused the Council of dragging its heels over a replacement for a flat roof which was constantly being patched up because of leaks.
It stated that the stairwell tower should be reduced in height by removing the pitched roof and replacing it with a flat roof.
The nursery building, which was converted in the 1980s, has a flat roof that first started leaking last year.
But a way has been found to replace the flat roof that does not interfere with the life of the school, and the work is getting on well.
The burglars used a nearby ladder to climb onto a flat roof before forcing open a window.
She knew I'd at least have a roof over my head and three square meals a day.
Prices are keen but beware that entry models have neither sun roof nor air conditioning.
The whitewash walls were in good repair but the roof was mossy and many of the tiles were cracked or askew.
It is cropped close to the low-pitched gable roof of a ranch house where a mysterious figure enclosed in the oval medallion floats by.
The low-pitched roof form was sufficiently high to enable the inclusion of a first-floor cooking school, which overlooks the centre spine.
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This home's low-pitched, tiled roof is the hallmark of the Mediterranean style.
The roof of the cabin has been engineered to provide protection against head injuries in the event of a collision.
The trabeation was in wood decorated with terracotta, and the roof is double sloped.
A shallow gabled roof covered with translucent fiberglass shelters the area from rain and drizzle without blocking the light.
Her roof has the same shallow hip but is turned up like a basin with a butterfly profile.
The hall is shaded by a shallow half-hat of a roof which leaves a crescent-shaped interstice between it and the edge of the big carapace.
What happens is that the roof is actually two pieces with the seam running widthwise across the top of the vehicle.
There is a lined and padded soft roof that now has a heated, scratch-proof rear glass window.
On the roof of the cave deft hands had painted bison, elk, horses and wild boars.
Except for a slightly angled roof that glints on the west end, it looks like it might have been part of this midtown neighborhood for some time.
I looked out the window and saw a furry brown monkey squatting on the roof of a nearby building.
It was a low, squat building, with turf for walls and a thatched roof that sloped nearly to the ground.
The only holds offered were the handrail on the roof and the small cleat amidships.
Two stone pillars held an arched roof up, which itself was engraved with runes and other types of symbols.
Pillars seemed to have held the roof up for many years now as the roof was cracked and crumbling.
Other robots slot-and-tab the windshield frame and roof in place before they are welded.
Friday's session is sure to raise the roof and promises to be a rousing foot tapping treat for all lovers of trad.
There were carved creatures with canine bodies and bat wings perched around the steeply pointed roof lined with jagged spikes.
The researchers prepared a 60-second videotape purportedly showing a man on a roof dropping what appears to be a bomb down an air shaft.
The claycrete blocks of the building's exterior were weather worn and crumbling in places, and the solar panels atop the roof were in poor shape.
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At the push of a button the front latches release and the roof starts to break back.
Telli woke the next morning to the patter of rain on the roof above his attic room.
The house now has three bedrooms and a fourth in the attic with a sloping roof that is perfect for his grandchildren.
Again, two crossbeams with camel's hump-shaped braces support the roof truss, and there is no king post.
The camera pulls back to reveal three acrobats performing on sashes against the spectacular roof of the Royal Horticultural Halls in Victoria.
It had a steepled roof with a weathervane at the top of the steeple and a brass bell tucked within the open wooden tower.
The gray-colored walls of the apartments were weather-worn with cracked paint and the low roof obviously needed new shingles.
Lifting tackle can take up scenery and properties weighing a ton through a trap door in the roof to the second floor, 25 feet above.
Firefighters successfully tackled the blaze before being called back when it became apparent the roof was going to collapse.
He had been standing at eaves level, beneath a beamed roof on temporary boarding, which was resting on joists.
Arranged in a radial pattern, the stone arches are crowned by a shallow domed roof clad in panels of green pre-patinated copper.
Determine the height of the new ceiling you want and install new ceiling joists from opposite roof joists.
He told police that the fire erupted when they were welding new metal roof beams in place at the restaurant.
Prison chiefs have tightened security after an inmate climbed onto a roof and kept guards at bay for five-and-a-half hours.
This has a dark flagstone floor, exposed roof beams, a Stanley oil-fired range with a tiled backdrop and an attractive stone surround.
The first scene set in the interior of the shop uses the tiled floor and roof beams to establish orthogonals and transversals.
Two days later, they finished the rafters, and in another two days they had a roof again.
On the outside, only the tailgate, doors and roof panel are unchanged from the standard Focus.
I'd be inclined to avoid ragtops on general principle, and I also think that the floppy roof spoils the TT's outline.
The building was gutted, its roof destroyed, and nothing was salvageable from the ten stalls inside.
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Keep the structure low, and cantilever the roof overhangs to cool the house and create shady outdoor areas.
There was a tiny hut with a corrugated roof which was thoughtfully holed in several places to permit stargazing.
On rainy days, water cascading from the roof provides the area with a relaxing view.
Grabbing a loose piece of rope from the roof top, he quickly made two nooses and threw the rope at the thieves.
One of Sydney's famous westerlies had blown the roof off another house he lived in.
A big Manchester crowd raised the roof as the Grantown-on-Spey rider clocked an impressive time, just a tenth of a second slower than his best.
I sincerely hope that the next time Paula sets foot in a British stadium, the crowd absolutely raise the roof for her.
From the air, the helipad atop the roof of the Leeds General Infirmary jumps out at you, the great white cross unmissable.
One of the innovations Logan has imported from the European cities he admires is the roof garden.
We don't like to think about it, but what if you lose your job or the roof of your house caves in?
Officials warned drivers to take care and pedestrians to watch for flying branches and roof tiles.
The mortar can also be mounted in a vehicle, firing through the roof hatch, to keep pace with a mechanised advance.
For the next two weeks it will tower over the stadium as it is used to manoeuvre the roof of the two-tier West Stand into place.
The refurbished zinc roof forms an arresting contrast with the cream tiled and rendered walls of the main building.
Built in 1981, the 217 square metre bungalow has a stylish exterior combining white painted render with a tiered slate roof and hardwood windows.
His second shot bounced off the roof of the temporary stands, then trampolined off another tent.
All they want is a roof over their heads and the basic amenities so they can have fun for a few days.
Except for the thick camera cables on the floor and the lighting gantries where the roof should be.
He included a west-facing roof deck atop the bedroom wing for a prime view of Norway's famous late-night summer skies.
Broken roof tiles should be replaced and broken windows should be repaired.
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That will include repointing all stonework, replacing the roof and installing a new heating system.
It is expected that the work, including roof repairs and repointing the spire and tower will take six months to complete.
With judgment like that, would you trust any of these gentry to put a roof on your garden shed?
As rain lashed across the street, he watched a neighbour struggling to close the roof of his cabriolet.
They've got the walls as solid as a rock and a roof on it under that tarpaulin.
Both Cattel and Hutchinson advise owners who are re-covering their roof to proceed with caution.
What that meant was that no more of the existing metal deck roof would be stripped off each day than could be re-covered that day.
Repairs included re-lining the nave parapet gutters with lead, re-covering the north aisle roof with steel, and re-pointing stonework.
The salvaged roof covering can then be installed on the front, maintaining the original look of the house.
A wizened man in white shirt and white tucked-up dhoti, with a dark green headcloth, put thatch on the roof of the beachside pavilion.
Some warranties provide no dollar limit on replacement while others are prorated based on how long the roof has been installed.
Whether it's a recreational, road, mountain, tandem or recumbent bike you're after, you'll find a stellar product that won't require a roof rack.
The mimi must have pulled the roof down to reach the surface or flown up so they could paint on the high ceilings that no human can reach.
The box resembles the gabled roof of old houses, and is highly ornamented with good quality moulded wood on rosewood.
But where the roof was broken, thin rays of sunlight stabbed through the dark like spotlights and gave a spectral light.
So the All England Club have at last bowed the knee to progress and agreed to roof the hallowed Centre Court.
He once discovered from the woodworm living in the beam in the roof of his prison cell that they were moments away from chewing right through.
At least they now have a building without all forms of rot and woodworm, and without pigeons in the roof and who knows what in the cellars!
It's so light now with the conservatory's glass roof and floor to ceiling windows.
Galvanized sheet metal was chosen for the exterior walls and roof because of its economy and durability.
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The company's 10 workers escaped without injury, but part of the works roof and machinery is badly damaged.
Thatch would have been gathered from reeds and rushes on the shore and used for the roof of the main castle.
The leaks may have been caused by bad workmanship or by movement caused by workmen on the roof doing maintenance.
Activities are arranged around a linear central hall, its sawtooth roof supported by slim, square section columns.
Inspired by another factory building they'd seen, the architects opted to try out a sawtooth roof structure to bring in northern light.
The building was a shell with the roof having fallen in and walls caving in.
Ceiling and paint were added to the sanctuary in 1997 so the congregation wasn't worshipping under naked steel roof sheets.
So she decided she would climb out of the window onto a low roof and get down to the yard that way.
Flames visible for miles tore through the roof of a disused school in Windhill, Shipley, last night, leaving the building a wreck.
Manure in the stallion's stable was above the level of the door and the roof had partly fallen in.
Not only is the roof above them made of glass, it is also filled with water, further refracting the light received in the public spaces below.
He said the roof of the car was twisted and he expected it to be a write-off.
He hides on his roof behind a stack of chimneys until the people finally disperse.
As we waited out the weather under the shelter of the porch roof he began talking.
The roof of the Hotel Pennsylvania afforded an all-encompassing view of the site.
From the roof terrace of his three-storey whitewashed house, Ian Gibson watches golden eagles swooping lazily above.
When your foot was on the roof, you had to transfer your weight from the ladder to the roof and then step off the ladder fully.
The roof was made of reinforced concrete about 18-20 cm in thickness with reinforcing bars within the concrete.
It was also so cold to drive in the winter that I had to wear gloves even when the roof was up.
The roof is also leaking badly, window frames and guttering are rotting and the interior is in urgent need of redecoration.
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I crawled back in bed, realizing that the roof was still leaking at an increasing rate.
If further water infiltration is to be prevented, all leaking pipes and roof leaks should be repaired.
A classic car in all respects, with the unmistakable split back window and the ridge running from the roof to the tail.
The roof is adorned with an ornamental balustrade, as are the roofs of the central block and the wings.
While some patching had been done, the leaky roof is still cause for concern, she said.
I don't care about rotten window frames, leaky roof tiles, the magnolia paint in the hall, the dirty lino in the kitchen.
The roof structure is of laminated wood, clad in silver-colored aluminum and zinc.
Conceptually, the building can be read as a man-made landscape enveloped by a single undulating zinc roof like the horizon line.
Each is topped by an elaborate zinc roof with wide overhangs intended to reduce insolation.
He and his marrer were hewing when a large stone fell from the roof and injured Roberts' back, he died an hour after being taken home.
The next route free climbs the largest horizontal roof in Cleveland, using a combination of jams, undercuts and layaways.
It also includes the special moulded bricks for ancones, header joists and ceramic roof beams.
The roof was re-slated with a large amount of salvaged tiles and the Harry Clarke stained-glass windows were stabilised.
Ice dams will force moisture under roof shingles where it can drip into the attic or walls.
There are also pre-fabricated, light-colored tiles, shingles or metal sheets to replace old roof materials.
So far, the recycled products include, among others, plastic railroad ties, construction sheeting and roof shingles.
Now, thanks to advances in photovoltaic technology, it's possible to shingle your roof with solar tiles.
It was log cabin style, as all of ours were, but the roof was shingled with crumbling slate, a pattern that resembled dragons scales.
The roof was shingled with maroon tiles, and the chimney was made mostly of red brick.
I had played there when I was little, and took care to keep the roof shingled after Jane and I moved in.
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The roof was shingled with Lake Superior Cedar and indulged in galvanized iron trimmings.
Eventually police commandos stormed the house after breaking the walls and the roof of one of the rooms.
He often provided a roof over my head when it stormed or the snow was deep outside.
This first pic shows a technical based on a Toyota Land Cruiser High Top wagon with the roof cut off.
When two or more people are living under the same roof these somewhat trivial things can quickly turn into issues of mammoth importance.
The steel columns holding up the roof will resemble the trunks and branches of trees.
Sometimes, special dental plates can be used to seal the roof of the mouth to help the baby suckle milk better.
There's no better car to bowl along in with the roof down in posing mode while the radar takes care of the obstructions.
He leapt back out onto the fire escape and decided to head for the roof and hope that he would be able to jump to a building.
The triangulated space frame of the roof is made up of solid stainless steel rods that form six pointed stars screwed into nodal connectors.
I've helped a Maasai tribeswoman in Tanzania repair her leaking roof with mud and cow dung.
The Jacobean manor house is crumbling rapidly having lost its roof and now even its walls are in danger of falling.
Under the mansard roof of structure number 14, a figure rested in a rocking chair, studying a magazine.
The flat fourth story is crowned by an emphatic cornice, above which is a tall mansard roof sheltering two more stories.
Several years ago Kevin had a similar problem on the mansard roof of a Victorian he owned in Alameda, Calif.
Originally it had five stories and the triple mansard roof and iron tower at the top were later additions.
It was used to send water from a spring near Haynes mansion into the roof of the building before it was dismantled and brought to Bedford.
We didn't have a fireplace and the only chimney on our roof fed straight into the oil burner.
Check the roof vents and access hatch, and caulk any cracks where flashing meets the roof line.
Designed to withstand heavy snowloads, the roof is held in place by a Heath Robinsonian confection of steel props, springs and tensile wires.
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The two stands are protected by a featherweight roof of ribbed metal panels slung between a network of steel tensile cables.
The best precaution you can take in a fire-prone area is to make your roof fire-resistant.
The design called for the tendons to be partially tensioned before the roof was built.
Gable end facade hanger cables are tensioned against the main roof cables, above top left.
Yet when the temperatures go through the roof at home we tend to throw caution to the wind and abandon ourselves to the damaging rays.
Closing the roof vents and covering the fan when not in use will also reduce air movement through the grain.
His back gate was burnt, tiles on his roof were damaged and there's scorch damage to the walls of his back yard.
If I hadn't wakened and it had got up to the roof the whole house could have been burned.
Great to get all those talented craftsmen together under one roof for a much needed showcase for this great sport.
This station is an attempt to resemble a London railway terminus, complete with the see-through roof and the space.
Some termites feed on the wood timber of houses, posing a danger as a roof or ceiling can collapse from the impact of their feeding.
All blocks benefit from the shading effect of a huge glass roof that rests gently and lightly on the various buildings above a panoramic terrace.
Shown will be the full range of Sheerframe windows, curtain walling and the new conservatory roof system.
The wall plate top cap is fitted last, meaning the fitter has to climb over the roof to fit it.
All the roof timbers have been retained in the church except where a rafter of wall plate was absolutely rotten.
If you rise a little at the end of the companionway you can see that the roof of the engine room is missing, giving you an even better view.
A 19-year-old Nampan is in the slammer after he was caught cutting through the roof of a pawnshop.
Pitch was the only axis of trim, and the control was mounted on the roof and activated by a horizontal crank.
When he got back, he noticed his building was still standing, though most of the roof and upper building was smoldering.
A campaign has been launched to reduce the speed limit on a road following an accident where a car landed on its roof in a field.
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I had to go up on the roof yesterday to scrape the snow and ice off the TV antenna.
As the flowers transpire, water evaporates and is trapped at the roof of the bricks.
He made a break for the train platform, leaping balletically from the edge of the warehouse roof onto the platform's edge.
Coloured cut outs of red hearts, and heart-shaped balloons, decorated the walls and roof in the dimly lit ballroom.
It mixes Wagner with Ravel, adding its acid rock roof raiser theme song every few minutes to induce true aural frenzy.
The roof gives one the sensation of sitting in a dry riverbed or mountain scree slope, particularly because it lacks containing barriers.
Overhead power cables broke the fall of the crane as the jib of the machine tore a gaping hole in the roof of the single storey premises.
The vaulted roof is constructed with exposed light tensile trusses that contrast with the rammed earth internal walls.
Next year, the UEC will establish a sample green roof atop a triplex to encourage surrounding homeowners to follow suit.
Aylmer had reached the roof again, his faint shadow flickering across the lights as he dashed along the edge.
I'm about to go and drop a thousand tissue paper snowflakes from the roof to surprise the kids.
Reflective systems are typically located between roof rafters, floor joists, or wall studs.
The roof moves thanks to 5-hp, 460-v, three-phase electric motors, two per transporter.
To help prevent leaks, moisture seepage and decay problems, check your roof for weak areas.
The wall and roof glazing is suspended under the external steel structure by means of point fixings.
The cutting-edge design includes a roof planted with the fleshy leaved plant, Sedum, above a three tiered building with large windows.
The inner structural walls are composed of architectural concrete that supports massive, projecting roof planes.
It started raining and we had to continue our eating indoors as raindrops were falling through the cloth roof onto our food.
In addition to the semiannual inspections, it's worthwhile to walk the roof after major rainfalls, high winds or hail to catch any damage early.
They get their water from a big trough replenished by rainwater from the roof gutter on the barn.
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The crooks then tore a hole through the roof to get into the club's tea bar, before escaping with sweets and drinks.
Beyond the fence is an apparently ramshackle dwelling with a sagging roof and peeling white pigment on the sides.
The spread of the conical roof above the wide cylinder gives to the structure a buoyant lift and a light winged aeriality.
The result is for the roof thrust to have a greater chance of being folded.
He is urging fans to raise the roof and roar Burnley to safety.
For example, while the original roof structure was rotten, the pantiles were able to be reused and now greatly enhance the aged appearance of the exterior.
More than 100 people, including his friends and family, packed out the pub on Saturday night, and raised the roof when the results were announced.
However, these geometries will exist only in a patch in the roof thrust.
After a while, a trapdoor in the roof opened, and a girl clambered out.
We had ascended the steep staircase and out through a narrow trapdoor on to the roof of the tower, high above the battlements of his creaking ancestral pile.
He tiptoed over to a trapdoor in the roof and pulled it slowly.
The roof of the former four-storey spinning mill, which faces the railway line, is being stripped and re-covered in Welsh slate to stop it leaking in bad weather.
As well, Mr. MacAdam confirms that he advised the plaintiffs to engage a roofing consultant to give an opinion on the adequacy of the roof flashings and the roofing ballast.
The ray, which proved effective at a range of 160 feet in testing in early July, projects from an antenna that can be mounted on the roof of police cruisers.
The new building is capped with a roof walk, echoing an architectural feature atop numerous houses on the island that is commonly referred to as a widow's walk.
I drove it at speed with the roof off and waited for the howling to become so intolerable that I needed to rest in a lay-by for 20 minutes until the trembling stopped.
Once the flat planes of the roof have been shingled, you will need to apply the hip shingles, if you have a hip roof, which will be overlapped by the ridge shingles.
The little metal rooster weathervane on top of the roof would dream about being real, and would think about how lovely it would be to crow to the sun.
The multi-storey car park will feature ground, first, second and roof level parking along with a travelator, stairwells, road ramps and lift servicing all floor levels.
The semi-detached bungalow's roof was blown off, the front windows were blown out and the main gable wall and internal rear wall were both blown down.
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Its side elevations were retained and repaired, but all floors and cross walls were removed, though the roof and its steel trusses was repaired and restored.
As curly-locked James clung 20-ft from the ground he had no idea of the commotion he had caused by wriggling out of a roof window at his Windermere home on to the roof tiles.
The three-and-a-half-hour struggle to make the area safe ended when the fire crews managed to get tarpaulin over the roof and made the ground debris safe.
Check that your roof isn't missing any shingles, tiles, slates or nails.
A leaking roof can lead to damage on ceilings and walls, so it is important to replace loose or cracked slates, and get damaged material on flat roofs repaired.
The 76-year-old from Southend Road, Wickford, was tricked into believing his roof was riddled with woodworm and in danger of collapsing without major repair work.
Lt. Col. Toland sent Lance Cpl. Williams to the roof of a nearby house to work the radio.
Because there is a new roof template and set body location for the cars in 2003, all of the teams will cut the bodies off their cars and reskin them.
Never work on roofs without proper crawling boards and roof ladders.
Besides, the very roof of the church, damaged by a great storm in 1961, infested with woodworm and leaking in many places, was judged to be highly dangerous.
Perhaps the most impressive is the alfresco restaurant on the roof terrace, which allows diners to enjoy a unique look at Newry while they enjoy their meal.
Forum members debated how they could encourage all property owners to make sure that their roof spaces are divided from neighbouring properties by fireproof barriers.
There was now a massive hole torn in the mangled roof of the pod.
The wind howled, the roof rattled, the whole cabin creaked and moaned.
Preacher's Cave turned out to be a large natural chamber scooped out of a limestone cliff, with rifts in the roof acting as chimneys opening out onto powder blue skies.
The boxes that had displayed fruit were scattered in broken pieces around the stand, the cloth roof was torn and two of the posts holding it up were cracked and fallen over.
The waiter greeted her in a perky voice and gestured to a sign with the menu written on it hanging from one of the slender stone pillars that held the cloth roof up.
As the rectangular roof plane folds over the triangular plan, it falls almost to the vertical and aligns in true elevation with the inclination of the road behind.
Internal space was organized around the fireplace below the roof opening, and a richly engraved central column played both a functional and a sacral role.
Church and community leaders at Cartmel Priory are determined to fend off wet rot in the roof and keep their historic place of worship in tip-top condition.
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Apart from the aforesaid deep rivets in the walls, there has been a frequent flooding problem from upper floors, which led to one bathroom roof caving in over me.
Without even addressing the fact that he drove to Canada with his dog strapped to the roof of his car, we could call him smarmy.
The roof is low-pitched and small dormer windows are sometimes used.
We're having a small, flat roof added as part of our loft extension.
In the midst of this instant lake sat the chicken coop, its roof blown away, and a flock of sodden, disgruntled, out of sorts hens perched lumpily atop it.
In the Middle Sepik area the haus tambarins are massive structures, often over 50 m long and with a saddleback roof rising to a spire at each end up to 25 m high.
Working within the constraints of strict planning codes, which imposing the style of local farmhouses stipulated a saddleback roof form with projecting eaves.
The building's entire roof is a rainwater collector, feeding two 30,000-gallon cisterns, which store water used for irrigation via an automatic sprinkler system.
There are also proposals to put a roof on the conservatory in this area to house more plants for sale and put in a terrace where visitors can sit.
Raising the roof and adding a room for workspace above your existing garage can be a good solution to balancing time at home with earning a living.
They had a small attic room in the roof which was full of old toys.
The concrete on the roof is 2.5 metres thick, reinforced with steel.
Some of the youngsters kicked a football at the tiled roof, while others ran along the flat part of the roof jumping from one building to the next.
The memorable events would be symbolized and carved into a totem pole that would stand at the pinnacle of the pagoda roof for the next year's gyre journey.
First, as Su notes, a king post is used in the shrine's roof truss.
They see school lunch boxes melted by the heat of the blast and roof tiles fused together, as well as the monuments scattered throughout the peace park to the victims.
He also wants to change the facade of his summer dining room, rebuild a boiler house, alter the roof of his estate manager's house and reconfigure his master bedroom.
Think long and hard about borrowing money against the roof over your head.
Condensation and water seeping through gaps in the roof of the tent-like structure have periodically forced the tennis centre to shut during inclement weather.
The architects considered many options for the roof materials and finally chose an ultra-violet-stable fluoropolymer, ethylene tetrafluoroethylene, welded into cushions.
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Since the Nehers departed, the school got a corrugated iron roof and there is now a real road into the town.
One solution would be to build a new bathroom on top of the flat roof of the kitchen extension, allowing the existing bathroom to be used to mount a staircase to the loft.
The ticket hall, stairways and platform roof are not covered by blue walls, and are therefore still as grimy, untreated and rundown as they've been for decades.
He liked to have slow-mo instant replays of the ripe watermelon falling from the roof and splattering on the pavement.
Instead of collapsing on top of them, the walls had fallen together in a triangular structure and were supporting several large boulders that had been the roof of the cave.
Your roof is patched with rust, tastes bitter as we roll into the plastic gutter and swirl there where the drain's blocked with leaves and a seedling cabbage tree.
Miles away from everything, they drove in Grey's old black Sunfire with the worn leather roof down and a burned CD of the local band wailing from his self-installed woofers.
Wooden statues and princely crowns were taken off from the pediment, while the high tent-like top was transformed into an ordinary roof with two slopes.
With only small adjustments to the already sturdy structural system, the one-story roof over a former train shed was covered with an extensive green roof.
Its futuristic design features wind turbines instead of the traditional minarets, while a translucent latticed roof would replace the domes seen on most mosques.
The roof leaks so badly that we have to put a bucket under it.
They have created this awful situation where people can come and live so affluently, and so many others can't afford a decent roof over their heads.
Externally, the barrel vault is covered in patinated zinc, emerging from the ground with a glazed facade to the south while, within, the precast vaulted roof is expressed.
Instead of using large rafters to support the roof, a building tradition that is hundreds if not thousands of years old, home builders began to use roof trusses.
In normal roof construction and roofing, plywood or waferboard sheathing panels are installed over the rafters and meet snugly at the peak of the roof.
A very likely source of intrusion in holiday properties is the door from the roof terrace or patio, so triple deadlocked doors should be fitted by a security company.
The strands were tucked between the rafters of the roof inside the hut.
But it would work, just about, as a family car for four with ample luggage or shopping space when the roof is up, although room in the back seats is tight.
The new content includes masonry anchors, control joints and roof copings.
There were unusual curved panes of glass in the roof of the conservatory.
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In the central court, four pairs of grand Corinthian columns will carry the existing barrel vault roof light, and a sweeping staircase will lead to the first floor.
With my left ear painlessly buzzing in its temporary deafness and the roof of my mouth lightly seared and tasting like steak, I retired for the evening.
But asking Murial Cooper to deliver an ugly and ordinary book design would be like forcing Mies van der Rohe to put a mansard roof on the Seagram Building.
He and his wife and children shared a cinder-block house with a roof made of sheet metal and a dirt floor.
The ceiling and roof were made of concrete, not wood and sheet metal as the contract specified.
They range from kitsch Tyrolean examples, complete with ornate synthetic roof tiles and balustraded balconies, to far less showy Scandinavian-style laminated timber homes.
One was installed on top of the mansard roof of my 1852 house in Charleston, South Carolina, and the other was installed in my funky homebuilt airplane.
Many families now use sheets of metal or plastic to roof their houses.
Mr. Tytherleigh's report states clearly that both the cold water storage tanks and the central heating header tanks were situated in the roof void.
A tree was knocked over, roof tiles pulled away and some outbuilding's roofs even torn off when strong, sudden whirlwinds descended on the village on Monday morning.
The arrival of both teams was greeted by a huge ovation as the small crowd of only 32,187 supporters raised the roof and made their presence felt.
Parts of the Strand building, the quadrangle, and the roof of apse and stained glass windows of the chapel suffered bomb damage in the Blitz.
The room gives off an air of clean spareness. The roof rafters are exposed, and the wood colors are raw and unmellowed.
The limousine feel is carried on with roof lining and sun visors in alcantara, and burr walnut interior trim with individual inlays.
Peter Andre raised the roof as he topped the leader board with his raunchy Cha Cha Cha on Strictly's first live show.
The people faded away, the arches, the vaulted roof vanished.
The house was crawling with caryatids and even the roof of the billiard room was supported on Corinthian columns.
The prisoners gathered on a flat roof of abuilding behind a 20ft barbed wire fence.
Police later found the testicles on the roof where they lay in the snow guard.
The rear wing will be completely restored and the roof will be repaired to make sure it is weathertight under the latest plan.

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