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.
Gable roof structure terminology.
Triangular upper part of wall at the end of a ridge roof hipped roof.
A valley is an inward joint where two sloping roofs meet.
Like many timber frame joints it is often locked in place by the addition of hardwood dowels or pegs called trunnels tree nails.
Mansard roof a type of roof containing two sloping planes of different pitch on each of four sides.
Hip roof parts.
The lower plane has a much steeper pitch than the upper often approaching vertical.
Hip the hip roof has four sloping sides.
Putting the 2 roof types together.
A simple roof design shaped like an inverted v.
It is simple in design economical to construct and can be used on any type of structure.
These are short spars that run from a hip to the eves or from a ridge to a valley.
Gable a gable roof has a ridge at the center and slopes in two directions.
The same roof has a 4 12 or 1 3 pitch.
So far we ve covered the parts.
The unseen parts of your roof.
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 bearing timber forming part of a suspended timber floor to which the.
It is the form most commonly used by the navy.
We use the term gable trim.
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.
A term used to describe a pitched roof the ends of which are also sloped.
The upper portion of a sidewall that comes to a triangular point at the ridge of a sloping roof.
It contains no gables.
A hip roof is a roof where the ends are also sloped.
Gable ridged dual pitched peaked saddle pack saddle saddleback span roof.
Contains a gable at each end.
These hip rafters run at a 45 angle from each corner of the building to the ridge.
The terms pitch and slope are simply two different ways of expressing the same measurement.
A type of roof containing sloping planes of the same pitch on each side of the ridge.
Gable the triangular end of a housed formed at the end of a pitched roof from eaves level to apex.
Trim that goes on this part of a roof is called gable or rake trim.
The gable end is replaced by a hip end.
A gambrel roof usually contains a gable at each end just like a standard gable roof.
It is the strongest type of roof because it is braced by four hip rafters.
