For neater cuts, they can be cut by using a saber saw with a carbide blade or a masonry hole saw attachment for a drill. |
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The keep, begun about 1074-6, incorporates much Roman masonry and was raised on the concrete podium of the Roman temple. |
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A 60-inch-high canopy stands over a chunk of a masonry wall now lying flat on a piece of bright blue plastic tarpaulin. |
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Falling masonry, backdrafts and explosions are all very real dangers facing a firefighter outside the training room. |
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The mounting plate of the brace is attached to the masonry and a backing plate with wall ties. |
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The banded masonry structure forms a robust base for the hovering lightweight steel roof plane held tautly above the tiers of seating below. |
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Most other timber-frame systems here use traditional masonry on top of the structural frame of the building. |
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The boys, most illiterate, are shown pictures illustrating the choice of vocations on offer, including masonry, weaving and bee-keeping. |
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Once the bricklayer and mason contractor leave the job, it is important to protect the completed masonry. |
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There was nothing fancy about it, but the solidity of the masonry gave an impression of lasting durability. |
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Other materials for terraces include bricks, rocks, concrete blocks, and similar masonry materials. |
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At this point, water either soaks into the face of the concrete masonry or flows down the wall. |
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The edge of berm is protected by erecting parapet wall of dry stone masonry in Gabion structure. |
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As the resort's rules demand, walls are sculpted out of white rendered masonry, and there is a shallow thatched roof. |
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Frank Davies, aged 79, was showered with flying masonry as he lay in his bed when the Mazda smashed into the bedroom wall of the bungalow. |
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With the masonry bit, drill through the tile, cement board and Sheetrock to the wood. |
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For example, on concrete frame buildings with in-filled masonry walls, the frame borders the top, bottom, and sides of the masonry walls. |
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They also make paints for wood or concrete floors and masonry as well as the requisite undercoat and primer paints. |
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Heavy rain had churned the camp's dirt roads to mud, but failed to drown the smell of rotting corpses that still lie beneath mounds of masonry. |
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The close-quarter action photography with gristle and bone is spliced with dizzy shots of flying masonry launched by ginormous trebuchets. |
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The floor is wood, the ceiling is gypsum board, and the walls are part plaster on masonry and part gypsum board on randomly spaced framing. |
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In the mixed commercial and residential areas the heavy masonry arches mark the openings in the building that also double up for shop-windows. |
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Six months on, much of the town is still submerged in broken masonry and fallen concrete. |
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Precast concrete, reinforced masonry, and steel angles are commonly used as lintels. |
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Drill a pilot hole in plaster using the appropriate size masonry drill bit and tap in the anchor with the heel of a screwdriver or a hammer. |
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For instance, in the case of strengthening masonry infill with FRP bars, they may be easily anchored to columns and beams. |
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A white incrustation called efflorescence is often found on the surface of interior masonry walls. |
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A long, high desert masonry wall was added in the 1950s to the area west of the shop to screen the parking lot. |
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He then parged the masonry with cement prepared from a packaged mix, before affixing precast concrete medallions to the wall. |
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Although manufactured masonry costs about the same as the natural product, far less of it is used when constructing a fireplace surround. |
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This piece of masonry, 7.3 m. high, formed part of the palaestra of the public baths, the plan of which is laid out in front of the Museum. |
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The eastern monolith had then been pulled over a rock-cut pit onto two masonry trestle supports, one at each end of the stone. |
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All we see of it now is how they hoicked out tons of rubble and masonry leaving only their trenches behind. |
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If the surface is chalky, crumbly or sandy after cleaning, a masonry surface conditioner may help consolidate the stucco. |
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Water leakage may soak into the concrete masonry backup walls or into sheathing in steel stud backup walls. |
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The library is constructed of stuccoed masonry walls typical of local construction and has a clay-tile roof. |
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This figure is the ratio of sand to the sum of the Portland cement, lime, and mortar cement or masonry cement in the mortar. |
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The brick masonry in these locations is designed with a cavity wall, so why is it necessary to protect the face of the sheathing? |
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Bracing variables include wind pressure, strength of masonry, type of system, and type of strut anchorage. |
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He lived for 20 years in Phoenix, Arizona, where he worked as a stonemason, often at the artistic end of masonry. |
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Older masonry and stone buildings have a tendency to fall down or suffer extensive damage during an earthquake. |
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The original buildings were constructed of timber and stone masonry, covered with white-washed plaster. |
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Most Tudor homes have stucco or masonry exteriors accented by ornamental half-timbering, massive chimneys and steep gable roofs. |
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Thermography in combination with impulse radar was used to locate structural penetrations and voids within the walls of this masonry structure. |
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New light has been shed on the cathedral spire and tower which, at 404 ft is the tallest masonry structure in Britain, by tree ring dating. |
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In later times some above-ground masonry pueblo-style houses were constructed too. |
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What should the flashing do at the wing wall when it approaches from the masonry walls on either side of the corner? |
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Adobe masonry is heavy work, so limiting the square footage of the adobe walls is important to building on a budget. |
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If you choose terracotta or concrete pots without drainage holes, using a drill that has a special masonry bit works well. |
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The counter flashing, which overlaps the base flashing, is imbedded and sealed in the chimney's masonry joints. |
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Repair leaking pipes, gutters and downspouts, cracked windows, a problem roof, deteriorated brick, masonry pointing, or cracked walls. |
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Brick saws can be used to cut bricks, pavers, stones, large quarry tiles and other masonry. |
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Natural drafts that people usually sense occur near windows and masonry walls. |
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The bakehouse was made of masonry and fieldstone, with walls two feet thick. |
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Cement paints, masonry paints or exterior grade emulsion are suited to concrete surfaces. |
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Modern houses in cities and villages usually have two or three stories with masonry and stucco. |
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The gypsum board must be attached to the wood furring strips or underlying masonry using nails or screws. |
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Depending on the type of masonry sealer, some will also work to seal concrete slabs. |
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The project saw the renewal of stonework and replacement of masonry on the cathedral's rose window. |
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Your local brick or masonry supplier should be consulted for specific advice. |
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Like their masonry counterparts, they require periodic cleaning and maintenance. |
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Wet the joint and then apply new mortar into the joint with a small masonry trowel or putty knife. |
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These are works of dry stone masonry meticulously assembled, some aligned directly with points of the compass. |
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As odd as it may seem, water causes more damage to masonry chimneys than fire. |
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Care must be used in deciding where and when to use clear waterproofing materials on masonry walls. |
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As many were nailed to the cellar masonry, they were often broken or cracked during removal. |
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With a fireplace, for instance, the wall goes from board to masonry, and you have a wavy corner to match up. |
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They find their way into cracks and crevices in masonry and brickwork, such as the inside of a chimney, and lay eggs among these materials. |
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He enjoyed a reputation for building tall elegant masonry structures such as church towers and spires. |
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Once the mortar is dry, you can attach a cutting board to the side of the barbecue with fluted masonry nails. |
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To say these guys will be throwing up bricks is an affront to the fine profession of masonry. |
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The building of a house, or even any transaction concerning it, is not just a matter of masonry or of business. |
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The project aims to bring the children back to civilian life by giving them a trade in carpentry, masonry or metal work. |
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Skilled trades such as fishing, carpentry, and masonry work tend to be family specializations. |
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After high school he went into masonry but he soon found it wasn't for him. |
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The cupola and the concrete construction were corroded, the masonry was wet, and plaster work was peeling off. |
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Most notably, the Pueblo Indians in the Southwest used adobe masonry to moderate weather extremes and keep their homes comfortable. |
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Cracked masonry, incessant graffiti and rampant weeds completed an image of decrepitude. |
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The masonry is finished with a thin wash of dove grey mortar, muting imperfection while still revealing the joints below. |
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Proper installation of reinforcing steel in masonry walls often requires the use of specific positioners, connectors, and tools. |
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The entryway of our brownstone was a magnificent piece of workmanship and masonry. |
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The new grant will be used for repairs to the south nave aisle roof, north nave masonry and leaded light windows. |
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Plans and kits are available, but they are not easy do-it-yourself projects and require experience in working with masonry. |
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Typically, three to four courses of the exterior brick masonry wythe will need to be removed in order to perform this repair. |
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Drill the single aggregate particle out of the concrete using a masonry bit and then epoxy or cement a new aggregate particle into place. |
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But even with high explosive dual-purpose projectiles, it lacks sufficient penetration of concrete and masonry. |
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The other key aspect of the restoration involved repointing the exterior masonry, in the facades of limestone, sandstone, and granite. |
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Grinding the mortar bed joints is a simpler task than grooving the masonry units. |
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It is characterized by heavy, load-bearing masonry, the round-headed arch and its derivatives, the groin, and barrel vaulting. |
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This is the first time that the use of dressed stone masonry is made, a major step in the evolution of building construction. |
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The neglected garden in the back yard was, in a moment, transformed into a junkyard of shattered masonry. |
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The masonry surface may need to be prepared by sandblasting, application of a primer, and puttying. |
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The first phase of restoration, which was completed two years ago, shored up the brick masonry on the northeast corner. |
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The loose geometry suggests a kind of preindustrial masonry or fabric patterning, while the range of colors defies generalization. |
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The masonry walls have diagonal cracks extending up from the ends of the steel lintels over the windows. |
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The masonry units require steel post tension rods, anchor bolts, steel plates, and couplers for installation. |
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The resulting funicular depends on the depth of masonry above the voussoirs at the crown of the arch. |
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The Hippodrome structure consists of load-bearing exterior brick masonry walls with interior steel columns and beams. |
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And just as importantly to masonry contractors, designers will be specifying more of their load-bearing walls as grouted and reinforced. |
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The building structure consists of precast coreslab floors and roof, supported on load-bearing masonry walls or steel frame. |
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In the pre-industrial age, the structural form that was used for the widest spans was the masonry vault or dome. |
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Existing or new build structures that use masonry, dense concrete, modular units, timber or metal frames are all suitable for fixing. |
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He traversed the gamut of the masonry trades from foundation to lintel, bridge abutment to gravestone, and from skyscraper to curbstone. |
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These range from stained glass and masonry through to steam engines and historic aircraft. |
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We have expanded the categories to 13, covering both the masonry and concrete arenas. |
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They were normally constructed from a series of upright stones and dry masonry, covered by a large slab. |
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Boston Ivy can easily climb tree bark, wooden fences, concrete masonry, and brick or stone walls. |
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In these cases, water often penetrates copings, caps, sills, or other elements that cover the top of the masonry. |
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To drill through the tile you will need a hammer, a nail set, an electric drill and a masonry bit a little larger than the diameter of the screws you use. |
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The new content includes masonry anchors, control joints and roof copings. |
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Repair and finish joints between stones or bricks of masonry structure. |
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Against the new masonry I re-erected the old rampart of bones. |
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Use the same type of masonry units in both exposed wythes of the parapet. |
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Crowned with a tile roof, the alternating narrow and wide bands of rock face masonry contrast with the smooth finish of the arch and its Rococo embellishment. |
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A scale replica of the Church of St. Margaret, for example, was built near Mapledurham for scenes of windows being blown out and masonry shattered in the battle sequences. |
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So the walkway has been closed off and the builders are in to repoint the masonry, since the bees can't get into any mortar that isn't old and soft. |
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Other work carried out on the church during a seven-month period last year includes renovation of the tower, a new flagpole and repointing of much of the masonry. |
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Tucked away in a courtyard of 15 th-century Cerne Abbey, in Dorset, Cerne Abbey Cottage is all leaded windows, mellow masonry and old-world loveliness. |
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Many embankments, timber revetments and masonry river walls from the 10th to the 15th centuries were recovered, and tonnes of artefacts retrieved. |
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The battered masonry walls rise dramatically from the landscape. |
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The cut-away slab of the arcades had braced the side walls, which are of masonry and partly underground, so subject to lateral pressure from surrounding earth. |
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The defensive wall was of fine ashlar masonry with a pronounced batter. |
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The ground or basement story of the Alabama capitol was constructed of traditional masonry consisting of ashlar walls made of locally quarried sandstone. |
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The church itself, begun in the 1150s, has an eleven-bay nave of finely cut ashlar masonry, the seven westernmost bays for lay brothers and those to the east for choir monks. |
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Check masonry walls for loose stones or mortar, and repoint if necessary. |
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Hopping across fallen blocks of masonry, dancing over the asphodels, offering piggy-back rides was one way of selling ancient history to two young girls. |
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A careful examination of the masonry of the portal reveals that the herms and their entablature are a later addition to the rusticated, round-arched doorway. |
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Dry sandblast cleaning is a relatively new method of cleaning newly built masonry, although the system has been used for many years in masonry restoration work. |
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The group then moved closer to where the marked UN vehicles were parked and another shot hit a building next to them, knocking pieces of masonry to the ground near her. |
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The triennial revisions of the MSJC Code includes provisions for adhered veneer and prestressed masonry and an expansion of the quality assurance section. |
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Land behind homes on Athlone and Marquis Avenue has been targeted by dumpers who have left masonry, hedge trimmings, old furniture and carpets at the site. |
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Does your masonry promote multitheism or does it promote monotheism? |
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The party of five emerged into the moonlight that silvered the high round of Naples's city wall, a looming mass of dead masonry that could have stood for the soul of the city. |
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She said she feared loose slates and masonry could fall from the roof. |
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Another example is masonry veneer over a steel or concrete frame. |
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Parents kept vigil, wrapped in blankets before fires at the site of the catastrophe amid the silence of those buried under the mountain of masonry. |
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The big span of the public area and the long cantilevers are, of course, generated by using an inner concrete structure that is masked by the flowing white masonry. |
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One of the most common occupations of skilled slaves and freedmen was that of carpentry, or more generally any of the construction crafts, including masonry. |
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Indeed, the herms are spliced to the rustication by thin pieces of stone that were fitted to the existing masonry before the heavier figures and the shafts were put in place. |
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It is also likely, as period accounts proposed, that the unusually tight hermetic seal of the four coffins and outer masonry helped to preserve the remains. |
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The accident came just days after a woman was hit by falling masonry when a chimney stack toppled into the street and flattened the roof of an empty 4x4 vehicle. |
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Agreeing with the sale pitch, the Board ruled to allow the siding product as a substitute for the brick or masonry cladding required by the zoning code. |
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Even the use of stone cladding is another area where the machine-sawn masonry seldom lives up to expectations and slabs of stone can often look like concrete. |
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The masonry is so finely worked that a penknife blade cannot be fitted into the cracks, and windows or niches are trapezoid to counteract gravity in a quake. |
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The initial solution was the masonry vault, or a barrel-shaped, load-bearing span that supported the floor above, and rested on massive, and expensive, walls and piers. |
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As masonry surfaces tend to chill and collect condensed moisture, painting early in the morning and late afternoon should be avoided except in dry climates. |
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Water penetration at horizontal copings, sills or cornices of masonry facades requires the sealing of all penetrations at joints between individual stones or at the sides. |
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The product is flexible and easily formed by hand at the job site and is used for weep holes, horizontal and vertical masonry surfaces, parapets, or copings. |
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Most masonry materials are porous and will absorb large amounts of water. |
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To even out the slight irregularities in masonry or old plaster, it is likely you will need some shim material to get the furring surfaces flush with each other. |
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In many other cases, evidence of masonry features or earthworks allows us to appreciate that the structures of urban castles embodied the architecture of authority. |
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If the stone or precast concrete element is a single piece that functions as a lintel to support the masonry above, the flashing should be installed over the lintel. |
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The product allowed prefabrication of brick masonry beams and panels, much like precast concrete, so that once fabricated, they could be rapidly installed. |
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When a large number of bricks must be cut, you might want to rent an electric power saw adapted with a masonry blade or a manual cutting machine called a guillotine. |
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The bridge was also widened in 1873 and again in 1968, using masonry which blended in with the older structure. |
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He reached the old ruins at last, dim masses of moss-grown masonry in the glimmer of the wintry starlight. |
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Hulk Rigging is a rapidly expanding masonry construction and steel building erector. |
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Then a masonry sealer should be applied, this helps uniformise the porosity and stabilise the surface. |
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Lichfield Cathedral, uniquely in England, has three medieval masonry spires. |
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North of Italy, where masonry construction was never extinguished, stone construction was replacing timber in important structures. |
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Dilatancy is a well-known phenomenon in frictional materials like concrete, soils, or masonry. |
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The Corium cladding system was less than half the weight of conventional masonry. |
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I have tried scraping and sanding before undercoating, then painting with masonry paint. |
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A trio came under attack from youths who hurled stones, masonry and six petrol bombs at them in Rasharkin, County Antrim. |
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This determines behaviour and mechanical properties, such as compressive strength and deformations, of the compressed masonry. |
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Use a twist drill bit to make two or three holes though the frame, then use a masonry drill bit to go on through into the wall. |
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A timber frame uninsulated studwork cavity, in properties that have a masonry cavity and must not be filled. |
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The three-story buildings, totaling 185,866 square feet, feature a masonry brick veneer facade, insulated glass, and elevators. |
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A hammer shape is for using masonry drill bits on hard surfaces like brick blocks, tiles and plasterboard. |
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In addition, it provides outstanding performance in semiflexible coatings for cementitious and masonry substrates. |
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He said that the newly discovered monastery built in Diaper and Semi ashlar masonry lay in Mud Mortar. |
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The greenish area in the foreground was rather a masonry abreuvoir, or giant manger, for animals to drink from. |
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The most common materials used were brick, stone or masonry, cement, concrete and marble. |
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Because of the dangers of crumbling masonry, the castle turrets are no longer visitable by the public. |
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The work consist of replication of decorative cast concrete, face brick replacement, structural steel reinforcement, masonry pointing. |
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The exterior will feature intricate patterns of various concrete masonry units and face brick. |
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Prior to its recent rehabilitation, the town hall's original doors, fascial, gutters, roofing, and masonry needed repair. |
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Magee points out that the masonry was carefully planned, and has neat block work even in areas not immediately visible from the ground. |
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From the end of the 15th century, the city was embellished by masonry structures such as monasteries, palaces, walls, towers, and churches. |
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Distinctive features of Locke's railway works were economy, the use of masonry bridges wherever possible and the absence of tunnels. |
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Each consists of a set of mechanically driven vertical steel roller gates, supported by masonry piers. |
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Unreinforced masonry structures constitute one of the largest earthquake risks globally. |
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A policeman in a flourescent jacket walks through piles of glass and masonry making his way to people who need help. |
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Concrete structures without reinforcement, like other unreinforced masonry structures, can fail during severe earthquake shaking. |
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It was mainly composed of imitations of marble and masonry, though sometimes including depictions of mythological characters. |
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Many Roman aqueducts and bridges such as the magnificent Pont du Gard have masonry cladding on a concrete core, as does the dome of the Pantheon. |
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Bricklaying and masonry are ancient professions that even centuries later require modern training. |
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The terms also refer to personnel who use blocks to construct blockwork walls and other forms of masonry. |
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The technique, which results in a spiral effect in the arch masonry, provides extra strength in the arch to compensate for the angled abutments. |
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The centres of the beams were put into bending, with the lower edge in tension, where cast iron, like masonry, is very weak. |
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The Inca were prosperous and advanced, known for an excellent road system and unrivaled masonry. |
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It was well known for its stone masonry that includes rustication and ashlar. |
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Like wood and thatch, adobe was used throughout Maya history, even after the development of masonry structures. |
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Stone walls are a kind of masonry construction that has been used for thousands of years. |
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In 1892 the Alexandra South Dock was opened and was the largest masonry dock in the world. |
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The exact type of stone used in masonry construction varied according to locally available resources, and this also affected the building style. |
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It is a blend of wood and masonry, incorporating architectural elements of other styles, from Classical revival and Spanish Revival to Victorian. |
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It may be said that joining masonry was one activity that both the reformists and the Katipuneros shared. |
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He became Cuba's first permanent governor to reside in Havana instead of Santiago, and he built Havana's first church made of masonry. |
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Martin, Idstein, which artfully combined stone masonry, concrete and glass. |
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Seven masonry crews of five to ten men each carved boulders and cement into a naturalistic poolscape, with elaborate lighting and sound systems. |
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These forts, built in masonry and shaped stone, were designed to shelter their garrison against bombardment. |
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Throughout his career he remained in a quandary as to whether iron and masonry should be combined in a building. |
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The defences took the form of a moat and earthen dikes, with gates at transit points, but otherwise no masonry superstructures. |
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The building is of two storeys of ashlar masonry, above a basement, and surrounded by a balustrade above the upper cornice. |
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Conservation of the external masonry, particularly on the northern side of the building, is equally important. |
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Over the years, stone slabs and masonry replaced the barbed wire. |
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One hundred thirty-one small, highly permeable masonry wall specimens built of concrete blocks or of bricks were treated with cement-water paints or with other waterproofings. |
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Construction of masonry platform for raising ladder over dish antenna toe wall and dish foundation behind transmitter hall at HPT, TV Chohtan Hill, Barmer. |
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Unlike other Scottish cities where sandstone has been used, the buildings are not weathering and need very little structural maintenance on their masonry. |
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Wood was used for beams, and for lintels, even in masonry structures. |
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Perhaps his most noticeable memorials are several huge pieces of masonry in Binnel Bay, which once formed a harbour which is all but inaccessible from the land. |
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The masonry and abutments were constructed between 1777 and 1778, and the ribs were lifted into place in the summer of 1779 by the use of wooden derricks and cranes. |
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The lantern, like the visible masonry of the dome, rises in stages. |
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They say oxblood was used to help bind masonry together following ancient superstition that the blood of a strong animal would strengthen a building or structure. |
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To drill into concrete, brickwork and blockwork, you need a sharp masonry drill bit and you should wear goggles to protect your eyes from the dust. |
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Inspectors found locked fire exits, cracked and broken masonry, faulty emergency lights and even an illegal helicopter pad on the roof of one factory. |
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Diderot discusses the link between Freemason ideals and the enlightenment in D'Alembert's Dream, exploring masonry as a way of spreading enlightenment beliefs. |
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Restoration work at the Santo Domingo complex exposed the Inca masonry formerly obscured by the superstructure without compromising the integrity of the colonial heritage. |
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During their apprenticeship, their startup skills will be developed into those of a fully rounded masonry craftsperson in brick, marble, tile, concrete or plaster. |
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The regularity of the latter favours use as a source for masonry, either as a primary building material or as a facing stone, over other construction. |
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In the highlands they were often even simpler, many built of rubble masonry and sometimes indistinguishable from the outside from houses or farm buildings. |
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