Admin any chance of having a sticky, with a Universal Glossary of Building Terms?
Termanology differs from state to state and country to country, What some members call a cell beam, I might call a beam side of a raft slab! Transom. rail and whaler all have differeant meanings as do, as do style, mullion and soldier! A member spaning the rafters on a timber roof is called a batten, on a metal roof it is called a perlin! In Australian Carpentry/Joinery a batten is a size of timber, like a plank. board,scallion and bulk timber!
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