Gable Roof Structure Terminology

It is simple in design economical to construct and can be used on any type of structure.

Gable roof structure terminology. Contains a gable at each end. It is the form most commonly used by the navy. These are short spars that run from a hip to the eves or from a ridge to a valley. It is the strongest type of roof because it is braced by four hip rafters.

A hip roof is a roof where the ends are also sloped. The same roof has a 4 12 or 1 3 pitch. A bearing timber forming part of a suspended timber floor to which the. The gable end is replaced by a hip end.

A valley is an inward joint where two sloping roofs meet. 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 unseen parts of your roof. We use the term gable trim.

A type of roof containing sloping planes of the same pitch on each side of the ridge. It contains no gables. 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.

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. 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. Gable ridged dual pitched peaked saddle pack saddle saddleback span roof. Hip the hip roof has four sloping sides.

Triangular upper part of wall at the end of a ridge roof hipped roof. A gambrel roof usually contains a gable at each end just like a standard gable roof. 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. Gable a gable roof has a ridge at the center and slopes in two directions.

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. So far we ve covered the parts. The lower plane has a much steeper pitch than the upper often approaching vertical. The upper portion of a sidewall that comes to a triangular point at the ridge of a sloping roof.

The terms pitch and slope are simply two different ways of expressing the same measurement. A term used to describe a pitched roof the ends of which are also sloped. Trim that goes on this part of a roof is called gable or rake trim. Like many timber frame joints it is often locked in place by the addition of hardwood dowels or pegs called trunnels tree nails.

Putting the 2 roof types together. A simple roof design shaped like an inverted v.