Gable Roof Structure Terminology

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. Putting the 2 roof types together. A simple roof design shaped like an inverted v. A valley is an inward joint where two sloping roofs meet. Gable ridged dual pitched peaked saddle pack saddle saddleback span roof.

The unseen parts of your roof. Like many timber frame joints it is often locked in place by the addition of hardwood dowels or pegs called trunnels tree nails. A hip roof is a roof where the ends are also sloped. Tie down fixings tie down fixings are used to resist uplift and shear forces lateral loads in floor framing wall framing and roof framing.

A type of roof containing sloping planes of the same pitch on each side of the ridge. Trim that goes on this part of a roof is called gable or rake trim. Gable a gable roof has a ridge at the center and slopes in two directions. These hip rafters run at a 45 angle from each corner of the building to the ridge.

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 terms pitch and slope are simply two different ways of expressing the same measurement. It is simple in design economical to construct and can be used on any type of structure. 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.

These are short spars that run from a hip to the eves or from a ridge to a valley. Hip roof parts. Mansard roof a type of roof containing two sloping planes of different pitch on each of four sides. So far we ve covered the parts.

It is the strongest type of roof because it is braced by four hip rafters. A term used to describe a pitched roof the ends of which are also sloped. Triangular upper part of wall at the end of a ridge roof hipped roof. 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.

Gable the triangular end of a housed formed at the end of a pitched roof from eaves level to apex. The upper portion of a sidewall that comes to a triangular point at the ridge of a sloping roof. We use the term gable trim. Contains a gable at each end.

A gambrel roof usually contains a gable at each end just like a standard gable roof. The gable end is replaced by a hip end. 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.

It is the form most commonly used by the navy. The lower plane has a much steeper pitch than the upper often approaching vertical.