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The sima runs around all four sides of a building. It may be made of terracotta or stone. There are two basic types of sima: The raking sima; The lateral sima; The raking sima is continuous and generally follows the slope of the roof. The lateral sima runs along the horizontal edges and is broken by downspouts to let out rainwater. [1]
A screened porch on the rear of a house in the southwestern United States. A screened porch, also known as a screen room, is a type of porch or similar structure on or near the exterior of a house that has been covered by window screens in order to hinder insects, debris, and other undesirable objects from entering the area inside the screen.
A rain porch is a type of porch with the roof and columns extended past the deck and reaching the ground. The roof may extend several feet past the porch creating a covered patio. A rain porch, also referred to as a Carolina porch, is usually found in the Southeastern United States. [6]
Sleeping porch in the main house of the Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site. A sleeping porch is a deck or balcony, sometimes screened or otherwise enclosed with screened windows, [1] and furnished for sleeping in warmer months. They can be on ground level or on a higher storey and on any side of a home.
Inflatable castles and similar structures are temporary inflatable buildings and structures that are rented for functions, school and church festivals and village fetes and used for recreational purposes, mainly by children. The growth in popularity of moonwalks has led to an inflatable rental industry which includes inflatable slides, obstacle ...
Inflatable screens are lightweight and highly portable compared to other structures used to support screens like a truss or scaffold. A 16-metre-wide (52 ft) screen usually fits on a single pallet. A truss or steel system takes up an entire truck. Inflatable screens reach sizes up to 560 square metres (6,000 sq ft).
Sima often takes the form of basalt when on the surface. In geology, sima (/ ˈ s aɪ m ə /) is an antiquated [1] blended term for the lower layer of Earth's crust. This layer is made of rocks rich in magnesium silicate minerals. Typically, when the sima comes to the surface, it is basalt, so sometimes this layer is called the 'ocean layer' of ...
Because of the large pressures, over geologic time, the sima flows like a very viscous liquid, so, in a real sense, the sial floats on the sima, in isostatic equilibrium. [9] Mountains extend down as well as up, much like icebergs on the ocean; [9] so that on the continental plates, the sial runs between 5 km and 70 km deep. [10]