Dodge Sprinter

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Wooden Corbels

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Location:  Milton, Delaware

Additional Information:  Special thanks to Rob at Concord Carpenter Comments for helping me to identify this element.

Relative Link:  Custom Corbels

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Failing Girder

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Location:  Bethany Beach, Delaware

Additional Information:  A grider, cut over the masonary is cracking along the grain.

The unsupported notch has entirerly compromised the strength of the girder.

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Wooden Bridge

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Location: Lithuania

Additional Information: In form, method and material vernacular architercture draws from a specific place or region.

Here, a wooden vehicle bridge spans a small stream in the countryside of Lithuania.

Relative Link:  Buildings & Landscapes: Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum - Volume 14, Fall 2007

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Your Home's Ideas

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Additional Information:Your Home's Ideas is a Russian home improvement magazine spotlighting the building materials and sensibilities found in the former Soviet countries.

Relative Link:  идеи вашего дома

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Crawler Crane

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AKA: Terex HC 150

Additional Information: At work on the Indian River Bridge Project in Delaware Seashore State Park.

Relative Link:  Carrying On: Crawler Cranes

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Wooden Retaining Wall

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Location:  Rehoboth, Delaware

Additional Information:  The wall pictured is made from railroad ties soaked in coal tar creosote.  Although coal tar creosote is an EPA approved wood treatment and remains the most widely used wood preservative in the world it is not recommended for retaining walls. The reason for this is that leaching CTC can be harmful to plants, animals and humans.

It seems logical to me that the large surface area of a wood retaining wall in direct contact with soil would make for a heck of a lot of leaching.

The example wall also looks to have had 4 x4 braces applied to its face to maintain its integrity. Closer inspection shows the brace on the right is bent and splitting from outward force at the fastener.

While all wooden retaining walls will eventually fail, proper drainage can help keep timbers dry and extend a walls life.

Relative Link:  Build a wood retaining wall

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