THE CONSTRUCTION O F BUILDINGS

R. BARRY
A.R.I.B.A.

Volume Three
Single Storey Frames, Shells and Lightweight Coverings

Crosby Lockwood Staples London

CONTENTS
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LATTICE TRUSS CONSTRUCTION PORTAL F U M E CONSTRUCTION SHELL ROOF CONSTRUCTION LIGHTWEIGHT ROOFING ROOF LIGHTS THERMAL INSULATION OF ROOFS FIRE RESISTANCE VENTILATION SHEET AND PANEL WALLING INDEX

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Seven Eight Nine

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A Aluminium, decking, 65 glazing bar, 74 roll top ridge, 61 roof frames, 12 sheet, 61 trough sheet, 61 Angle purlin, 13 Angular section sheet, 56 Arc length, 38 Arch-lattice steel, 46 Asbestos cement, angular section sheet, 56 decking, 63 extractor, 90 insulated, 60 large section corrugated sheet, 56 lining sheet, 60 ridge ventilator, 89 sheet wall cladding, 92, 93 sheets, 56 small section corrugated sheet, 56 trough sheet, 57 troughing, 58 Asbestos insulating board, 87

Board, asbestos insulating, 87 fibre, building, 87 Bolt, holding down, 20 hook, 59 Braces, purlin, 24 Bracing, wind, 21 Brick and block panel wall, 96 walling, 92, 96

B Barrel vault, northlight reinforced concrete, 43 reinforced concrete, 38 shell, 37 timber, 45 Base, encastered, 21 plate, 20 Battened decking, 63 Beam, eaves, concrete portal, 31 edge, 39, 41 glued timber and plywood, 70 72 stiffening, 38 troughed timber and plywood, 69 valley, 41 Bearing plate, 12 Block, purlin, 27

C Cantilever, lattice steel roof, 8 vertical, 21 Cap, plate, 20 ridge, 62 Channel reinforced wood wool slab, 67 Chlorosulphonated polyethylene, 40 Chord width, 38 Circular dome ventilator, 91 Cleat, purlin, 13 Clip, flange, 62 Close fitting ridge, 59 Closure piece, 57 Columns, lattice steel truss, 20 space deck, 19 Combustibility, 88 Concrete, hyperbolic paraboloid lattice roof frame, 24 Concrete portal, eaves beam, 31 flat reinforced, 29 frame, 26 frame, north light, 29 splice, 28 purlin, 26 valley gutter, 28, 31 Conical reinforced concrete shell, 41 Conoid shell, 37 timber, 46 Contraflexure, point of, 27 Copper expansion joint, 42 Corrugated, aluminium roof sheet, 61 iron, 53 Corrugated sheets, angular, 56 asbestos cement, 56 large section, 56 small section, 56

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C Coupler, space deck, 16 Crown sheet, 57
Frame, portal construction, 26 timber portal, 34

D
Dayligiit factor, 11 Dead light, 73 Deck light, 40, 79 Decking, aluminium, 65 asbestos cement, 63 battened, 63 insulated hollow, 63 metal, 65 metal reinforced, 63 roof, 63 timber, 67 wood wool slab, 67 Diagonal, space deck, 16 Directrix, 47 Dome shell, 37 Dome light, 45, 81, 83 Double glazing, 50, 78 Dropped edge beam, 41

G Galbestos sheet, 54 Galvanised corrugated steel sheet, 53 Generator, 47 Girdalinc, 72 Girder, lattice, 8 Glass fibre, 87 Glazing bar for double glazing, 78 patent, 73 double, 60 north light, 76 patent, 60 spandrel, 45 Glued laminated timber portal, 34 timber and plywood beam, 70, 72 Gusset plate, 12 Gutter, valley, concrete, 28, 31

E
Eaves beam, 3 1 closure, 57 filler piece, 57 space deck, 17 Edge beam, 39 dropped, 41 upstand, 41 Elastomeric, 40 Encastered base, 21 End-stooled, 29 Expanded polystyrene, 87 Expansion joint-shells, 40 External fire exposure, 88 Extractor, 90

H Holding down bolt, 20 Hook bolt, 59 Hyperbolic paraboloid, reinforced concrete,50 shell, 47 surface, 49 timber, 51 Hyperboloid of revolution, 52

I
Insulated, asbestos cement, 60 hollow decking, 63 Insulating lining, over purlin, 84 under purlin, 84 plasterboard, 87 Iron, corrugated, 53

F
Feather edge valley beam, 41 Fibre building board, 87 Filler block, plastic, 61 piece, eaves, 58 Fire resistance, 88 Flange clip, 62 Flat reinforced concrete portal, 29

K
King post truss, 23

L
Laminated timber portal, 34 Laminations, 34 Lantern light, 79

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Large section corrugated sheet, 56 Lattice, aluminium roof frame, 12 concrete roof frame, 24 girder, 8 steel, arch, 46 girder roof, 10 north light space frame, 9 portal frame, 32 roof truss, 12 truss, column, 20 timber roof frame, 23, 25 truss construction, 2 north light, 6 ' Lens lights, 82 ~ i ~ h t s , h e a73, d deck. 79 lantek, 79 lens, 82 roof, 73 roof monitor, 81 Lightweight, concrete slab roofing, 67, 71 roofing, 53 Lining sheet, 60 Loadbearing brick wall, 95 Longitudinal expansion joint, 42 Patent glazing, 60 bar, 73 aluminium. 74 lead sheathed, 73 P.V.C. sheathed, 73 for double glazing, 78 roof glazing, 75 Piers, 95 Plasterboard, insulating, 87 Plastic coated steel sheet, 55 filler block, 61 Plate, base, 20 cap, 20 Plywood polygonal vault, 46 Point of contraflexure, 27 Polygonal vault, plywood, 46 Polystyrene, 87 Portal, concrete with monitor lights, 64 flat reinforced concrete, 29 frame, construction, 2, 26 lattice steel, 32 north light reinforced concrete, 29 north light steel, 32 steel, 32 timber, 34 with monitor lights, 64 Pre-cast reinforced concrete portal frame, 26 Protected metal sheeting, 54 Purlin, block, 27 braces, 24 cleat, 13 concrete, 27 steel. 13

M Mansard unit, 15 Metal, decking, 65, 77 reinforced decking, 63 Mineral wool, 87 Monitors, 30 Monitor roof lights, 10, 33, 64,77, 81

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N Neoprene, 40 Noral snaprib sheet, 62 North light, cantilever lattice steel roof, 9 lattice steel truss roof, 6 reinforced concrete, barrel vault, 43 reinforced concrete, portal frame, 29 roof glazing, 76 steel portal frame, 32
Queenpost truss, 23

0 Over purlin insulating lining, 84

R Raised tie, 5 tubular steel truss, 14 Reinforced concrete, barrel vault, 38 barrel vault, north light, 43 conoid shell, 45 hyperbolic paraboloid, 50 lens lights, 82 portal with monitor lights, 64 trussed conical shell, 46

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R Rib-stiffening, 39 timber, 45 Ribbed aluminium sheet, 61 Ridge, aluminium roll top, 61 cap, 62 close-fitting, 59 ventilator, 89 Robertsons, colour galbestos, 54 protected metal sheeting, 54 Roll top ridge, 6 1 Roof, cantilever lattice steel, 8 covering, shells, 40 decking, 63 lattice steel, girder, 10 north light space frame, 9 lights, 40, 73 monitor, 10, 33 north light cantilever lattice steel, 9 saw tooth, 6. shell construction, 37 steel space deck, 11 umbrella, 8 Roofing, corrugated iron, 53 galvanised corrugated steel, 53 lightweight, 53 space deck, 18 Rooflights, space deck, 18 Roofs, thermal insulation, 84
Slabs, lightweight concrete, 67, 71 wood wool, 67 Solid web, steel portal, 33 Space deck, columns, 19 diagonal, 16 eaves, 17 mansard unit, 15 roof, 19 roof lights, 18 roofing, 18 tie bar, 16 tray, 16 Space frame, 9 Spandrel glazing, 45 Splice-concrete portal, 28 Spread of flame, 88 Steel portal frame, 32 north light, 32 Steel sheets, plastic coated, 55 purlin, 13 Stiffening, beam, 38 rib, 39 ribs, timber, 45 Stooled end, 29 Straight line limited hyperbolic paraboloid, 47 Strut, 12 Surfaces, hyperbolic paraboloid, 49 Symmetrical pitch, glued, and nailed timber portal,
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S Saw tooth roof, 6 Shell, barrel vault, 37 conoid, 37 construction, 2 dome, 37 hyperboloid of revolution, 37 roof construction, 37 Shells, thermal insulation, 39 asbestos cement, 56 Sheet, corrugated aluminium, 61 crown, 57 galvanised corrugated steel, 57 metal, extractor, 91 wall cladding, 92 plastic coated, 55 ribbed aluminium, 61 Robertson's protected, 54 translucent, 79

laminated timber portal, 34 reinforced concrete portal, truss roof, 4 with raised tie, 5

T
Thermal insulation, (Industrial Buildings) Act, 84 of roofs, 84 shells, 39 Tie, 12 Tiebar, space deck, 16 Tied lattice steel arch, 46

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1 ' Timber, barrel vault, 45 conoid shell, 46 decking, 67 hyperbolic paraboloid, 51 portal frame, 34 stiffening, rib, 45 Translucent sheets, 79 Transverse expansion joint, 42 Tray, space deck, 16 Trofdek, 67 Trough, aluminium sheet, 61 'sheets, asbestos cement, 57 Troughed timber beam, 69 Troughing, asbestos cement, 57 Truss, King post, 23 lattice, 2 Queen post, 23 symmetrical pitch, 4 tubular steel, 14 Trussed, conical reinforced concrete shell, 46 rafter, 13 Tubular, purlin, 75 steel lattice truss, 14

U Under purlin insulating lining, 84 Umbrella, hyperbolic paraboloid, 50 roof, 8 Upstand edge beam, 41

v
Valley, beam, 6, 41 gutter, concrete portal, 28, 31 Vault-timber barrel, 45 Vegetable wool, 87 Ventilation, 89 Ventilators, 89 circular dome, 91 Vertical cantilever, 21

W Walling, asbestos cement sheet, 92 brick and block, 92 sheet metal, 92 Wind bracing, 21 Wood wool slab, 67 Wool, mineral, 87 vegetable, 87