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Rowlock: Units laid on their narrowest edge so their shortest edge faces the outside of the wall. [1] These are used for garden walls and for sloping sills under windows, however these are not climate proof. [ 3 ]
Air brick: A brick with perforations to allow the passage of air through a wall. Usually used to permit the ventilation of underfloor areas. Bat: A cut brick. A quarter bat is one-quarter the length of a stretcher. A half-bat is one-half. [1] Bullnose: Rounded edges are useful for window sills, and capping on low and freestanding walls.
A brick laid vertically with its long narrow side exposed. [11] Sailor A brick laid vertically with the broad face of the brick exposed. [12] Rowlock A brick laid on the long narrow side with the short end of the brick exposed. [13] Shiner or rowlock stretcher A brick laid on the long narrow side with the broad face of the brick exposed. [14]
A sill plate or sole plate in construction and architecture is the bottom horizontal member of a wall or building to which vertical members are attached. The word "plate" is typically omitted in America and carpenters speak simply of the "sill". Other names are rat sill, ground plate, ground sill, groundsel, night plate, and midnight sill. [1 ...
A water table is a projection of lower masonry on the outside of a wall, slightly above the ground, or at the top of a wainscot section of a wall (in this case also known as a sill). It is both a functional and architectural feature that consists of a projection that deflects water running down the face of a building away from lower courses or ...
In the case of windows, the bottom span is referred to as a sill, but, unlike a lintel, does not serve to bear a load to ensure the integrity of the wall. Modern-day lintels may be made using prestressed concrete and are also referred to as beams in beam-and-block slabs or as ribs in rib-and-block slabs.
Clinker brick closeup of bricks in the so-called Clinker building on Barrow street in Greenwich Village, New York City. Dutch bricks (clinkers) found at Topsham Museum. Imported between 1660 and 1710, they were used for finer details such as fireplaces. They can be seen in many buildings in Topsham and are sometimes used in boundary walls.
A plate in timber framing is "A piece of Timber upon which some considerable weight is framed...Hence Ground-Plate...Window-plate [obsolete]..." etc. [1] Also called a wall plate, [2] raising plate, [3] or top plate, [4] An exception to the use of the term plate for a large, load-bearing timber in a wall is the bressummer, a timber supporting a wall over a wall opening (see also: lintel).