Gable Roof Structure Terminology

Trim that goes on this part of a roof is called gable or rake trim.

Gable roof structure terminology. A simple roof design shaped like an inverted v. A hip roof is a roof where the ends are also sloped. The upper portion of a sidewall that comes to a triangular point at the ridge of a sloping 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.

Gable a gable roof has a ridge at the center and slopes in two directions. A type of roof containing sloping planes of the same pitch on each side of the ridge. Gable the triangular end of a housed formed at the end of a pitched roof from eaves level to apex. The terms pitch and slope are simply two different ways of expressing the same measurement.

We use the term gable trim. Like many timber frame joints it is often locked in place by the addition of hardwood dowels or pegs called trunnels tree nails. It is the strongest type of roof because it is braced by four hip rafters. Mansard roof a type of roof containing two sloping planes of different pitch on each of four sides.

Hip roof parts. A valley is an inward joint where two sloping roofs meet. Contains a gable at each end. It is simple in design economical to construct and can be used on any type of structure.

A term used to describe a pitched roof the ends of which are also sloped. Gable ridged dual pitched peaked saddle pack saddle saddleback span roof. The lower plane has a much steeper pitch than the upper often approaching vertical. So far we ve covered the parts.

The same roof has a 4 12 or 1 3 pitch. These hip rafters run at a 45 angle from each corner of the building to the ridge. It contains no gables. These are short spars that run from a hip to the eves or from a ridge to a valley.

Hip the hip roof has four sloping sides. 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 is the form most commonly used by the navy. 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.

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. A bearing timber forming part of a suspended timber floor to which the. The unseen parts of your roof. A gambrel roof usually contains a gable at each end just like a standard gable roof.

Putting the 2 roof types together. The gable end is replaced by a hip end.