Post and lintel
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post-and-lintel-215-2210418
title:
Post and lintel
text:
Post and lintel is a building system where strong horizontal elements are held up by strong vertical elements with large spaces between them. This is usually used to hold up a roof, creating a largely open space beneath, for whatever use the building is designed. The horizontal elements are called by a variety of names including lintel, header, architrave or beam, and the supporting vertical elements may be called posts, columns, or pillars. The use of wider elements at the top of the post, call
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description:
Building system where horizontal elements are held up by vertical ones
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_and_lintel
date created:
2002-02-26T11:34:15Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T19:45:03Z
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