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Starting course: The first course of a unit, usually referring to shingles. [1] Case course: Units form the foundation or footing course. It is the lowest course in a masonry wall used for multiple functions, mostly structural. [1] Barge course: Units form the coping of a wall by bricks set on edge. [1]
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]
Dog leg: A brick that is specially made to bond around internal acute angles. Typically 60 or 45 degrees. Dog tooth: A course of headers where alternate bricks project from the face. Fire wall: A wall specifically constructed to compartmentalise a building in order to prevent fire spread. Frog: The indent in a brick, often bearing the maker’s ...
All of the windows are sashed and lined with iron bars, and the tops are decorated by projecting brick arches that end in rowlock courses. These courses run the length of the building and are interrupted only by corner and central columns on the building's facades. [3]
A decorative band with rowlock course brick and terra cotta panels separate the ground floor from the rest of the building. Above, the piers divide each bay containing a pair of one-over-one sash windows ; on the seventh floor, a green terra cotta frog sits on the sill, between the windows.
A woman has been arrested after police say they caught her on camera throwing a "first date" brick through the window of her ex-husband's Florida home. On Tuesday, Jan. 28, the Lee County Sheriff ...
Of course, my two dogs weren’t interested in my work assignment. They enthusiastically demanded to be let out at their usual 6:30 A.M. wake-up time when their doggie internal alarm clocks went off.
Kylie Kelce has some rules for how to talk to her — as well as other pregnant women — as she expects her fourth child.. The mother of three is currently pregnant with her and husband Jason ...