What is a ressaut?
A ressaut is a place where a horizontal moulding, such as a cornice, breaks forward around a projecting element like a pilaster. The Dutch term also means bent with a crank.
What is a traffic structure?
The traffic structure of an area is the layout of the road network and how cars, cyclists, pedestrians and public transport share the space available for traffic.
What is a circulation space?
A circulation space is a space for reaching another space, such as a hall, corridor, landing or stairwell. The definition in the Dutch Bbl and what it means when altering a home.
What is a circulation route?
In the Dutch Bbl, a circulation route is the route from the doorway of one space to that of another, over floors, stairs or ramps, with requirements for width and height.
What is a raised access floor?
A raised access floor or computer floor is a demountable floor of loose panels on adjustable pedestals, with space underneath for cables, pipes and air.
What is a secret gutter?
A secret gutter is a barely visible gutter that lies largely beneath the roof tiles, for example alongside a dormer or against a taller neighbouring roof.
Creating a drought-tolerant garden: plants, mulch and cooling
Creating a drought-tolerant garden? How to prepare the soil, pick the right plants, mulch properly and cool your garden. With plant list and costs.
Removing a load-bearing wall: spotting it, sizing it, approval and cost
Is that wall load-bearing? How to tell, what a knock-through costs, what the structural engineer does, and how building control approval works.
What is a wood roll (verheven kraalnaad)?
A wood roll (Dutch: verheven kraalnaad) is the longitudinal joint on a lead roof: the lead is dressed over a timber roll and formed into a bead, watertight yet free to move.
What is a hydraulic gradient (verhang)?
A hydraulic gradient (Dutch: verhang) is the difference in height per unit of length, given as a percentage or mm per metre, in drains, sewers and groundwater flow.