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  2. The Pesky Natural Mineral Shaking The Foundations Of ...

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    Many area banks and lenders are reluctant to lend homeowners the money they need to make the repairs, even if they have home equity. Loan underwriters take a purely risk and numbers-based approach ...

  3. Stucco - Wikipedia

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    Stucco or render is a construction material made of aggregates, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as a decorative coating for walls and ceilings, exterior walls, and as a sculptural and artistic material in architecture.

  4. Marmorino - Wikipedia

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    Marmorino stucco. Marmorino Veneziano is a type of plaster or stucco.It is based on calcium oxide and used for interior and exterior wall decorations. Marmorino plaster can be finished via multiple techniques for a variety of matte, satin, and glossy final effects.

  5. Map coloring - Wikipedia

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    In cartographic design, map coloring is the act of choosing colors as a form of map symbol to be used on a map. Color is a very useful attribute to depict different features on a map. [ 1 ] Typical uses of color include displaying different political divisions, different elevations, or different kinds of roads.

  6. Talk:Stucco - Wikipedia

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    keep the article stucco, saying that the term has been used and is used to describe a wide range of decorative plasterwork or render. -- Greenadia06 ( talk ) 14:32, 9 February 2016 (UTC) [ reply ] I think of "render" as a builder's term.

  7. Timber framing - Wikipedia

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    Straw-bale construction is another alternative where straw bales are stacked for nonload-bearing infill with various finishes applied to the interior and exterior such as stucco and plaster. This appeals to the traditionalist and the environmentalist as this is using "found" materials to build.

  8. This Virginia woman bought an ‘unlivable’ house for $16,500 ...

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    Betsy Sweeney bought a crumbling 130-year-old house for $16,500 in Wheeling, West Virginia and renovated it into a gorgeous historic home — complete with its original pocket doors, Victorian ...

  9. Blueschist - Wikipedia

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    Blueschist on Île de Groix, France Photomicrograph of a thin section of blueschist facies metamorphosed basalt, from Sivrihisar, Turkey. Blueschist (/ ˈ b l uː ʃ ɪ s t /), also called glaucophane schist, is a metavolcanic rock [1] that forms by the metamorphism of basalt and rocks with similar composition at high pressures and low temperatures (200–500 °C (392–932 °F ...