Gable Roof Structure Terminology

Triangular upper part of wall at the end of a ridge roof hipped roof.

Gable roof structure terminology.

The same roof has a 4 12 or 1 3 pitch. A valley is an inward joint where two sloping roofs meet. The result of joining two or more gabled roof sections together forming a t or l shape for the simplest forms or any number of more complex shapes. A bearing timber forming part of a suspended timber floor to which the.

Tie down fixings tie down fixings are used to resist uplift and shear forces lateral loads in floor framing wall framing and roof framing. The gable end is replaced by a hip end. We use the term gable trim. These are short spars that run from a hip to the eves or from a ridge to a valley.

The lower plane has a much steeper pitch than the upper often approaching vertical. A simple roof design shaped like an inverted v. The unseen parts of your roof. Gable ridged dual pitched peaked saddle pack saddle saddleback span roof.

These hip rafters run at a 45 angle from each corner of the building to the ridge. So far we ve covered the parts. The terms pitch and slope are simply two different ways of expressing the same measurement. Hip roof parts.

A roof s slope is the number of inches it rises for every 12 inches of horizontal run a roof with a 4 in 12 slope rises 4 inches for every 12 inches of horizontal run. Contains a gable at each end. The main structural parts of a roof are ceiling joists ridge board jack rafter hip rafter common rafters creeper rafters raking plates out riggers and noggings or last rafter overhang. A term used to describe a pitched roof the ends of which are also sloped.

Putting the 2 roof types together. A frequently used joint in timber framing it includes a male end tenon cut onto the end of one timber that fits into a square cut matching female receptacle mortise. It contains no gables. Mansard roof a type of roof containing two sloping planes of different pitch on each of four sides.

A type of roof containing sloping planes of the same pitch on each side of the ridge. Like many timber frame joints it is often locked in place by the addition of hardwood dowels or pegs called trunnels tree nails. It is simple in design economical to construct and can be used on any type of structure. Hip the hip roof has four sloping sides.

Gable the triangular end of a housed formed at the end of a pitched roof from eaves level to apex. Gutter a channel usually sheet metal installed along the down slope perimeter of a roof to convey runoff water from the roof to the downpipes. A hip roof is a roof where the ends are also sloped. Gable a gable roof has a ridge at the center and slopes in two directions.

A gambrel roof usually contains a gable at each end just like a standard gable roof. Trim that goes on this part of a roof is called gable or rake trim.