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Author Phillips, E. T

Title Landscape Construction : Volume 1: Walls, Fences and Railings
Published Abingdon, Oxon : Taylor and Francis, 1992

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Description 1 online resource (229 pages)
Series 100 Key Points
100 key points
Contents Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Plates; Foreword; Introduction to Volume One; 1. Walls; 2. Brick landscape walls; 2.1 Terms used in brickwork; 2.2 Factors affecting the choice of bricks; Natural factors; Man-made factors; 2.3 Types of brick suitable for landscape work; Clay brick s; Commons; Facings; Second-hand bricks; Glazed bricks; Engineering bricks; Calcium silicate bricks; Concrete bricks; 2.4 Brick dimensions; Specials; 3. Freestanding landscape walls; 3.1 Wall profiles; Approved profiles; Calculations; 3.2 Foundations
Concrete for foundations3.3 Brickwork bonds; Half-brick walls; One-brick walls and thicker walls; English bond; Double Flemish bond; Single Flemish bond; Garden Wall bonds; English Garden Wall bond; Flemish garden wall bond; Rat-trap bond; 3.4 Angles and curves; 3.5 Movement joints; Expansion joints; Settlement joints; 3.6 Arches; Arch construction; Centreing; Rough arches; Axed arches; Gauged arches; Relieving arches; Half-round arch; Segmental arch; Stilted arch; Elliptical arch; Four-centred or Tudor arch; 3.7 Lintols; Steel lintols; Precast concrete lintols; Timber lintols
3.8 Ornamental brickwork3.9 Reinforced brick walls; Perforated bricks; 3.10 Damp-proof courses (DPCs); Wall DPCs; Coping DPCs; 3.11 Copings; Brick-on-edge; Purpose-made brick copings; Precast stone or concrete copings; Metal copings; Special bricks; Ridge tiles; Tile capping; 3.12 Mortars for walls; Sand; Cement; Lime; Additives; Coloured mortars; Mortar mixes; 3.13 Brickwork joints; 3.14 Rendering; Plain render; Harling or rough-cast; Pebble-dash or Dry-dash; 3.15 Fixings to brickwork; 4 Site supervision of brickwork; 5 Natural and man-made stone walling; 5.1 Natural stone; Walling stone
Uncoursed random rubbleRandom rubble brought to courses; Uncoursed squared rubble; Snecked squared rubble; Coursed squared rubble; Ashlar; 5.2 Man-made stone; Simulated stone; Precast concrete garden walling blocks; 5.3 Laying natural stone and man-made stone walls; 6. Fences; 6.1 Wire boundary fencing; Post and wire; Forestry fencing; Rabbit-stop fencing; Deer-stop fencing; Field fencing; Chain Link Fencing; Ball-stop fencing; Posts and foundations for wire fencing; Timber fence posts; Precast concrete fence posts; Steel fence posts; 6.2 Concrete post-and-panel fences; 6.3 Timber fencing
Pale fencesPalisade and picket fences; Post and rail fences; Dressed post and rail; Morticed post and rail; Cleft rail fence; Close-boarded fence; Plank fences; Open-spaced plank fences; Hit-and-miss fences; 6.4 Ha-ha fences; 6.5 Trip rails; Timber trip rails; Precast concrete trip rails; Metal trip rails; 6.6 Playground fencing; 6.7 Security fencing; Wire security fences; Palisade security fences; 7. Gates; 7.1 Timber and steel gates; Timber field gates; Steel field gates; Hunting gates; Entrance Gates; Bridle or horse gates; Chain-link gates; 7.2 Badger gates; 7.3 Stiles and kissing gates
Notes Timber stiles
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Author Phillips, Ms. E. T
ISBN 9781351561075
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