Strongboy (building term)

[Theseus]

The strongboy is the technical building term for the acrow-prop head wall support. See image at https://www.hss.com/hire/p/strongboy-wall-prop-head. What is the technical term in Greek?

 

[SBE]

From what I understand from Google, Strongboy is a brand name
The strongboy is a masonry prop which provides offset support for walls, enabling work to continue beneath the prop without risk of collapse.

 

[Theseus]

Yes, I think it is but is there a Greek masonry term to match the illustration, i.e. a wall prop head.

 

[nickel]

Oh dear. You look for images and here's what you get for "prop head":

https://www.google.gr/search?q="pro...6qxLfSAhXFVhQKHWuvA_0QsAQIGQ&biw=1823&bih=960

:) :woot: :scared:

 

[Lina]

Επειδή δεν είμαστε όλοι λάτρεις της φρίκης, βάλε μια προειδοποίηση "Σκληρές εικόνες"!

 

[nickel]

Appropriate emoticons added. :)

 

[SBE]

To be honest, I've never noticed anything like that.

But while trying to find images I learned a new word (well not quite, as I had heard it before in slang usage): πρέκι= lintel
As for the strongboy, it's a prop, so a στήριγμα or υποστύλωση. But I don't know if there's a specific name for those in Greek.

 

[Theseus]

Thanks, as ever, SBE. When we had our kitchen renovated six years ago, all the talk by the builders was about needing 'acro-props' [from the Greek άκρος be it said] & 'strongboys', which our build took as the technical term, not, it seems, knowing that it was a trade name.