A composite decking made of solid materials it resembles real wood and particularly strong and stable for bearing heavy load.
Roof gable parts.
Rafters these are wooden beams that run from the top of the roof to the bottom.
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.
The points of the roof that project from the side walls of the house.
The rafters when combined together help to form the truss.
Hip roof parts.
It is a waterproofing layer made of regular felt stacked above the solid.
The wall is the gable down to the roofline but you generally need a gable roof to have a gable.
The gable end is replaced by a hip end.
It usually consists of either plywood.
Ridge the horizontal line at the top edge of two sloping roof planes.
Decking or sheathing the surface to which the shingles and or panels are applied.
A hip roof is a roof where the ends are also sloped.
A structure located behind the higher side of a chimney or similar projections from the roof to divert rainwater around it.
Sheathing the decking material usually sheets of plywood which is nailed to the rafters and to which shingles or other outside roofing materials are secured.
Rake the slanting edge of a gable roof at the end wall of the house.
Gable rake trim gable or rake trim is attached to the sloping edges of roof gables to prevent wind driven rain from penetrating the exposed undersides of the roof panels that connect the ridge and the eave of your home.
Truss the truss is a framework comprised of wooden beams that helps to support the roof.
It is designed for maximum effectiveness and aesthetics.
The v cut angle along the junction of two slopes of a roof.
A valley is an inward joint where two sloping roofs meet.
So far we ve covered the parts.
Putting the 2 roof types together.
A horizontal timber or metal resting at the peak of the roof the rafters and trusses are connected to the ridge board for a cohesive framework.
Common parts components of a roof cornice.
It s common to name the triangular area made from a gambrel roof a gable as well.
Tie down fixings tie down fixings are used to resist uplift and shear forces lateral loads in floor framing wall framing and roof framing.
Fascia this is the trim used to cover the eaves.
Horizontal line at the top of the roof.
Gable a gable is the triangular upper portion of the wall at the end of a ridge roof.
Some definitions even include the end edges of the roof as part of the gable.
