Parts Of A Roof Framing

Parts of a roof.

Parts of a roof framing.

Ridge board ridge beam. The wall and the roof. Some are cut to fit the plate whereas others in hasty. The rafters are not framed into the plate but are simply nailed to it.

Supported by lally columns. 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 rafters and trusses are connected to the ridge board for a cohesive framework. A hip rafter extends from the wall plate to the ridge in the angle of a hip roof.

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. Ridge beam sits below the rafters. Rafters are sloped beams that run from the roof s ridge to the eaves. The structural relationship between the rafters and the wall is the same in all types of roofs.

A composite decking made of solid materials. Ridge board v s beam. The rafters are really functional parts of both the walls and the roof. A ridge board is a horizontal member of the roof frame.

A horizontal timber or metal resting at the peak of the roof. This framing also called a roof truss serves as the roof s skeleton which the other parts of the roof will all rest on. It resembles real wood and particularly strong and stable for bearing heavy load. Transfers the loadof the roof through the raftersto walls below.

The point at which all the raftersare attached to.