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What are the metal hooks on corners of houses
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longwalks1
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totally random, but what are the metal hooks (almost like a hanging basket hook) on the corners of houses, top row of bricks between the bricks and the roof?
Noticed it on my extension the other day, and now see them everywhere.
Just wondered...
Noticed it on my extension the other day, and now see them everywhere.
Just wondered...
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Hip irons ?0
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ceredigion wrote: »Hip irons ?
They are indeed, have just googled your answer and that's them
No idea why I wanted to know, but many thanks
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ceredigion wrote: »Hip irons ?
I wondered that as well as my bungalow has one, so thank you!Proud member of the wokerati, though I don't eat tofu.Home is where my books are.Solar PV 5.2kWp system, SE facing, >1% shading, installed March 2019.Mortgage free July 20230 -
http://www.vistaeng.co.uk/Metalwork/Ancillary%20Products/Hip%20Irons/53
Used with traditional hipped (georgian style) roofs on the corner of the hip. Screwed to rafter and embedded in mortar at base of hip to prevent ridge tiles from slipping off0 -
They are to stop the ridge tiles sliding down the roof.0
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