Tiles or slates is fixed.

Timber roof truss terminology. Terms for roof truss members. The highest point on a gable roof. 3 part of a suspended timber floor construction that provides a level bearing and. A horizontal cut to the bottom of a sloping bottom chord usually the width of the bearing i.

Bracing not shown for clarity truss that creates roof planes and does not support other trusses truss that creates hip plane by truncating and allowing hip jacks truss top chords to fly over. The highest point on a truss where the sloping top chords meet. Hip end trusses that are supported. 2 part of a flat roof structure that receives the ends of the flat roof joists.

A structural frame in its own right a roof truss is part of the support for the common rafters to which the roof surface e g. Rafters employ only the bending strength of the timber me timber. Roof overhang at a gable end. A traditional roof truss is quite different from trussed rafters although these are often incorrectly referred to as roof trusses.

The following diagram shows the terms applying to gable end roofs. Bearing cut or seat cut. Mber bolted to the face of a truss to support intersecting rafters or trusses. Truss that supports creeper trusses and creates hip roof plane.

Concentrated load a load applied at a specific position. May also be used to support intersecting battens or purlins. Clear span horizontal distance between inner edges of supports. Structural support of trusses usually walls normally with a timber wall plate.

The edge of a roof which runs from eaves to ridge at a gable. A roof truss may also be called a trussed rafter. Load applied by an intersecting truss. Used in hip end construction.

The following diagram shows the terms used for general roof truss members. Intersection of two roof planes over an internal corner of a building. The internal members of a truss. Chord the truss members forming the top and bottom edges of the truss.

Truss terminology typical truss layout and truss types note. An arrangement of horizontal and vertical timbers used to support a roof upper floor or balcony. Sarking is a strong moisture proof reflective metallic building paper which is placed over the roof battens purlins and installed beneath the external roof covering. Roof truss a frame designed to carry the loads of a roof and it s covering over the full span without intermediate support.

Standard rafter truss with the apex removed and replaced by a horizontal top chord.

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