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Copper Clad
There are four main techniques used today in the UK and mainland Europe for copper cladding a building: * seamed-Cladding (construction), cladding (typically 0.7mm thick copper sheet on the facade): max 600mm by 4000mm 'seam centres'. * shingle-cladding (typically made from 0.7mm thick copper sheet): max 600mm by 4000mm 'seam centres'. * slot-in wikt:panel, panels (typically made from 1.0mm thick copper sheet): max 350mm wide for 1.0mm, by nominal 4 m length. * cassettes (typically made from 1.0mm up to 1.5mm thick copper sheet): largest-format cladding elements, more subframing is needed: can be 900mm x nominal 4000mm length. When selecting size of a cladding element, take wind-loadings into account, and also consider the standard sizes available of the sheet (or coil) pre-material, to minimise material wastage through off-cuts. This helps to reduce costs. The choice of which system to use depends on the aesthetic effect required, and building geometry can also have an in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvington Parish Church - Geograph
Harvington is a village near Evesham in Worcestershire, England. Bounded by the River Avon to the south and the Lench Hills to the north, three miles northeast of Evesham and now on the Worcestershire/Warwickshire border. The village today is an amalgamation of two smaller villages, Harvington and Harvington Cross, and has a population of around 1,750. Past Harvington is first mentioned in the Anglo Saxon charters of 709 CE when it was known as ''Herverton''; in the Middle Ages it was called ''Herwynton''. In 1868 there was a curious old custom still observed at Harvington; the children used to go round to all the houses on St Thomas's Day and St Valentine's Day repeating a doggerel rhyme as follows: 'Wissal, wassail, through the town, If you've got any apples throw them down, Up with the stocking and down with the shoe, If you've got no apples money will do.' Present Harvington has a number of amenities including a convenience store, a farm shop, two children's play areas, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
