Preface |
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Acknowledgements |
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Health and Safety Awareness |
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Abbreviations |
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Technical Data |
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1 Reading Construction Drawings |
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1.2 Orthographic Projection |
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3 | (2) |
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2 Tools Required: their Care and Proper Use |
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2.2 Marking and Measuring |
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12 | (3) |
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15 | (1) |
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2.8 Oilstones and Diamond Whetstones |
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19 | (1) |
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20 | (1) |
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2.12 Individual Handtools |
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22 | (2) |
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2.13 Portable Powered and Cordless Circular Saws |
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24 | (1) |
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2.14 Powered and Cordless Drills and Screwdrivers |
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25 | (1) |
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2.15 Powered and Cordless Planers |
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26 | (1) |
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2.16 Powered and Cordless Jigsaws |
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27 | (1) |
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2.17 Powered and Cordless SDS Rotary Hammer Drills |
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28 | (1) |
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2.18 Powered (Portable) Routers |
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28 | (1) |
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29 | (1) |
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30 | (3) |
3 Carpentry Fixing-Devices |
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33 | (7) |
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33 | (1) |
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33 | (2) |
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35 | (4) |
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39 | (1) |
4 Making and Fixing Shelving Arrangements |
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40 | (10) |
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40 | (1) |
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4.3 Beams or Joists Likened to Shelves |
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4.4 Understanding Basic Mechanics |
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4.6 Loads on Shelves Likened to Loads on Floor Joists |
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43 | (1) |
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4.7 Blockboard or Plywood as Shelves |
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44 | (1) |
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4.8 Mid-area Shelf-supports |
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4.9 Ladder-frame Shelf Unit |
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45 | (5) |
5 Making Site-Equipment Items |
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50 | (13) |
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50 | (8) |
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58 | (1) |
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5.4 Straightedges, Concrete-levelling Boards and Plumb Rules |
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6 Fixing Doorframes, Linings and Doorsets |
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63 | (14) |
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63 | (2) |
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65 | (2) |
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67 | (1) |
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6.5 Setting Up Internal Frames Prior to Building Block-partitions |
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6.9 Moisture Effect from Wet Plastering |
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73 | (1) |
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6.11 Fire-resisting Doorsets |
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7 Fixing Wooden and uPVC Windows |
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77 | (9) |
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7.6 Fixing uPVC Casement Windows into Existing Wooden Boxframes |
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8 Fixing Traditional and Modern Floor Joists and Flooring |
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86 | (25) |
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86 | (1) |
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87 | (3) |
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8.3 Laying T&G Timber Boarding |
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8.4 Floating Floor (with Continuous Support) |
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8.5 Floating Floor (with Discontinuous Support) |
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8.6 Fillet or Battened Floors |
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8.7 Beam-and-Block Floors |
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8.8 Engineered-Timber Floors |
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8.11 Fitting and Fixing Timber Joists |
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8.12 Fixing Flooring Panels on Joists |
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8.13 Fitting and Fixing Engineered Joists |
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8.14 Posi-Joist™ Steel-Web System |
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107 | (2) |
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8.16 Notching and Drilling Traditional Floor/Ceiling Joists |
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9 Fixing Interior and Exterior Timber Grounds |
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111 | (1) |
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9.5 Wall-panelling Grounds |
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10 Fixing Stairs and Balustrades |
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114 | (15) |
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114 | (1) |
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10.2 Installation Procedure |
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115 | (8) |
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10.3 Fixing Tapered Steps |
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11 Stair Regulations Guide to Design and Construction |
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11.1 The Building Regulations 2010 |
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12 Making and Fixing Formwork for In Situ Concrete Stairs |
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12.4 Formwork fora Half-turn Stair |
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13 Constructing Traditional and Modern Roofs |
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13.3 Roof Components and Terminology |
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13.4 Basic Setting-out Terms |
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13.5 Geometrical Setting-out of a Hipped Roof |
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13.6 Roofing Ready Reckoner |
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13.7 Metric Rafter Square |
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13.8 Alternative Method for the Use of the Metric Rafter Square |
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13.9 Bevel-formulas for the Roofing Square |
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13.11 Setting Out a Common (Pattern) Rafter |
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13.12 Setting Out a Crown (or Pin) Rafter |
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13.13 Setting Out a Hip Rafter |
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13.14 Setting Out Jack Rafters |
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13.15 Pitching Details and Sequence |
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176 | (3) |
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13.16 Pitching a Hipped Roof (Double-ended) |
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179 | (1) |
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180 | (4) |
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13.18 Dormer Windows and Skylights |
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184 | (4) |
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13.19 Skylights (Roof Windows) |
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188 | (1) |
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188 | (6) |
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13.22 Chimney-trimming and Back Gutters |
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194 | (1) |
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13.24 Erection Details and Sequence for Gable Roofs |
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13.25 Hipped Roofs Under 6m Span |
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197 | (1) |
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13.26 Hipped Roofs Over 6m Span |
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198 | (1) |
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13.27 Alternative Hipped Roof up to 11m Span |
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13.32 Water-tank Supports |
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13.33 Work at Height Regulations 2005 (Amended April 2007) |
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14 Erecting Timber-stud and Metal-stud Partitions |
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203 | (15) |
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14.2 Traditional Braced Partition |
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203 | (1) |
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14.3 Traditional Trussed Partition |
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14.4 Modern Timber-stud Partitions |
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14.5 Door-stud and Door-head Joints |
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14.6 Stud Joints to Sill or Head Plate |
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207 | (1) |
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14.7 Door-stud and Sill-plate Joints |
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208 | (1) |
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14.8 Corner and Doorway Junctions |
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209 | (1) |
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14.9 Floor and Ceiling Junctions |
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210 | (2) |
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14.10 Erecting Metal-stud Partitions |
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15 Geometry for Arch Shapes |
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218 | (10) |
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15.4 True Semi-elliptical Arches |
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221 | (2) |
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15.5 Approximate Semi-elliptical Arches |
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16 Making and Fixing Arch Centres |
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228 | (7) |
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228 | (1) |
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16.2 Solid Turning Piece (Single-rib) |
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228 | (1) |
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17 Fixing Architraves, Skirting, Dado and Picture Rails |
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240 | (2) |
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17.3 Dado Rails and Picture Rails |
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242 | (1) |
18 Fitting and Hanging Doors |
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243 | (6) |
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19 Fitting Locks, Latches and Door Furniture |
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249 | (5) |
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250 | (1) |
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19.5 Cylinder Night Latches |
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251 | (1) |
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19.6 Fitting a Letter Plate |
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19.7 Fitting a Mortice Lock |
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252 | (1) |
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19.8 Fitting Door Furniture |
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20 Fixing Pipe Casings and Framed Ducts |
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254 | (2) |
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254 | (1) |
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21 Designing and Installing a Fitted Kitchen |
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256 | (9) |
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21.2 Ergonomic Design Considerations |
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256 | (1) |
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257 | (1) |
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21.4 Dismantling the Old Kitchen |
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258 | (1) |
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21.5 Pre-fitting Preparation |
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259 | (1) |
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21.6 Fitting and Fixing Base Units |
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260 | (1) |
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21.7 Cutting, Jointing and Fitting Worktops |
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261 | (2) |
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21.8 Fixing the Wall Units |
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263 | (1) |
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21.9 Adding Finishing Items |
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264 | (1) |
22 Site Levelling and Setting Out |
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265 | (6) |
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22.2 Establishing a Datum Level |
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265 | (1) |
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22.3 Setting Out the Shape and Position of the Building |
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Appendix: Glossary of Terms |
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Index |
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