Concrete Cap and Ball

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AKA:  Finial

Location: Milton, Delaware

Additional Information: ~

Relative Link: Quest for a Spherical Form

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Hatteras Shingles

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AKA: ~

Location: Lewes, Delaware

Additional Information: Hatteras Shingles, manufactured by Certainteed, are an algae resistant, oversized, asphalt shingle warranted to withstand winds up to 110 miles per hour.  A self sealing, heat activated, adhesive bonds the rows of shingles together.  

The Hatteras shingle measures 18" x 36".

Relative Link: Hatteras Premium Residential Shingles

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SPF

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AKA: Spruce Pine Fir

Additional Information:  A unit of lumber marked S-P-F is a unit of mixed softwoods which can include Spruce, Pine or Fir.

Pictured, we have stud grade lumber certified by the National Lumber Grades Authority, a Canadian organization whose rulings are accepted under both US and Canadian building code.

KD-HT stands for Kiln Dried Heat Treated and guarantees that the lumber has less than a 19 percent moisture content.

240 is the mill number where the lumber was processed.

Relative Link: Tuxbury Lumber Mill, 1935

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Sheet Metal Finial

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AKA: ~

Location: Milton, Delaware

Additional Information: A Finial is a stylized form which emphasizes the uppermost point of a spire, pinnacle, gable, ridge, tower, turret, cupola or other vertical building element. Finials also can be found terminating flagpoles, at the end of curtains rods, on bedposts and securing lamp shades. 

The root word Fin or Fini denotes finishing and this is exactly what a finial does. Today's example is charged with two types of finishing; it is both artfully crowning the tip of the conical roof it adorns and weather sealing it as well.

Relative Link: Roof Finial

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"Through the Cornice" Shed Dormer

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AKA: Wall Dormer

Location: Lewes, Delaware

Additional Information: The face of a "Through the Cornice" dormer is in line with the wall of the building below.

Relative Link: Dormers heighten style

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Turfstone Paver

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AKA: Turfgrid, Turfblock, Grass Grid, Turf-Slab, Open Cell Paving Grid

Location: Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

Additional Information: Turfstone provides 60 percent hard surface while preserving 40 percent of earthy area. It is possible for grass, planted in the cells, to nearly hide the Turfstone blocks altogether giving the benefits of a lawn while achieving highly effective erosion protection. 

Relative Link: Pourous Pavements

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Copper Slating Nail

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AKA: Barbed Copper Roofing Nail

Additional Information: Heavy gauge copper and a wide flat head make the slating nail ideal for fastening long lasting slate shingles.

Relative Link: Roofing With Slate

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