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They meet at the top of the gable at a ridge beam, which has extra bracing to attach it to the rafters. The purlins are the large beams perpendicular to the rafters; from this shot, it appears that there are three purlins on either side of the roof. The sheathing boards are sometimes called the roof deck and are painted white.
Typically the knee wall is covered with plaster or gypsum board. The term is derived from the association with a human knee, partly bent. Knee walls are common in houses in which the ceiling on the top floor is an attic , i.e. the ceiling is the underside of the roof and slopes down on one or more sides.
Timber roof truss example. The top members of a truss are known generically as the top chord, bottom members as the bottom chord, and the interior members as webs.In historic carpentry the top chords are often called rafters, and the bottom chord is often referred to as a tie beam.
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Compass rafter: A rafter curved or bowed on the top (the top surface of a rafter is called its "back") or both the top and bottom surfaces. Curb rafter: The upper rafters in a curb (kerb, gambrel, Mansard roof) roof. Hip rafter (angle rafter): The rafter in the corners of a hip roof. The foot of a hip rafter lands on a dragon beam.
From June 2009 to June 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Laurette T. Koellner joined the board, and sold them when she left, you would have a 33.8 percent return on your investment, compared to a 44.2 percent return from the S&P 500.
The bodies of a California mother of three and her 19-year-old son were found dead by her daughter days before the family was set to celebrate Christmas.
From January 2008 to April 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Richard D. Parsons joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -88.2 percent return on your investment, compared to a -5.3 percent return from the S&P 500.