Parts Of A Roof Framing

Ridge board ridge beam.

Parts of a roof framing.

The wall and the roof. Supported by lally columns. A purlin is a horizontal piece of timber or metal which supports the roof s rafters or decking and helps to prevent your roof from sagging. A horizontal timber or metal resting at the peak of the roof.

It resembles real wood and particularly strong and stable for bearing heavy load. The rafters and trusses are connected to the ridge board for a cohesive framework. Parts of a roof. Rafters are sloped beams that run from the roof s ridge to the eaves.

A hip rafter extends from the wall plate to the ridge in the angle of a hip roof. Roof frame when they build a home contractors will add a wooden frame for the roof on top of the house. A ridge board is a horizontal member of the roof frame. The structural relationship between the rafters and the wall is the same in all types of roofs.

This framing also called a roof truss serves as the roof s skeleton which the other parts of the roof will all rest on. Tie down fixings tie down fixings are used to resist uplift and shear forces lateral loads in floor framing wall framing and roof framing. There are various national and local construction codes that dictate the structure of your roof frame. Ridge board v s beam.

Ridge beam sits below the rafters. Transfers the loadof the roof through the raftersto walls below. A composite decking made of solid materials. Some are cut to fit the plate whereas others in hasty.

The point at which all the raftersare attached to.