Roof Framing Nomenclature

Sway bracing there are a few ways to sway brace the wall.

Roof framing nomenclature.

Mirrored pairs of rafters meet at a ridge and are connected across the base by a ceiling joist. Overhangs hips and dormers add greatly to the complexity of the framing. Types of roofs the most commonly used types of pitched roof construction are the gable the hip the intersecting and the shed or lean to. The top horizontal framing members of a framed wall.

Stick truss roof framing. The butt of a shingle is the end that faces down roof. Common types of roofs and basic framing terms. Roof framing can be simple or complex depending on the roof.

Framing consists of a doubled valley rafter in the middle that extends from a top plate corner to a second ridge board with angled jack rafters for support. However green building uses a single top plate and ensures that rafters and ceiling joists sit on the plate directly over the studs. It is the form most commonly used by the navy. At the top of a wall panel you have a top plate and at the bottom you ll have a bottom plate.

Gable a gable roof has a ridge at the center and slopes in two directions. Top plate or plates in conventional western platform framing there are two top plates. Nearly all roofs are framed using one of two methods. The inherent strength and integrity of the triangular form makes the roof a sound structure.

An example of each is shown in figure 2 1. This is to help prevent deflection and sag in the roof. On any wall panel or framing piece the beams that run horizontal at the very top and bottom of the frame are called plates. Standard stick framing or the newer truss framing.

Collar tie also collar beam in profile the framing of a conventional pitched roof forms a triangle.