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Hammer beam trusses can have a single hammerbeam or multiple hammerbeams. A false hammerbeam roof (truss) has two definitions: 1) There is no hammer post on the hammer beam [16] [17] as sometimes found in a type of arch brace truss [18] or; 2)The hammer beam joins into the hammer post instead of the hammer post landing on the hammer beam. [19]
The rafters are the beams of wood angled upward from the ground. 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.
Size of this PNG preview of this SVG file: 800 × 527 pixels. ... Scissor beam 2: Ridge beam 3: 4: 5: Strut 6: Ceiling joist 7: 8: Purlin 9: Rafter 10: 11: Purlin.
Monitor roof: A roof with a monitor; 'a raised structure running part or all of the way along the ridge of a double-pitched roof, with its own roof running parallel with the main roof.' Butterfly roof (V-roof, [8] London roof [9]): A V-shaped roof resembling an open book. A kink separates the roof into two parts running towards each other at an ...
The top ends of the rafters often meet at a ridge beam, but may butt directly to another rafter to form a pair of rafters called a couple. Depending on the roof covering material, either horizontal laths , battens , or purlins are fixed to the rafters; or boards, plywood , or oriented strand board form the roof deck (also called the sheeting or ...
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The dragon-beam which runs diagonally from one corner to another, and supports the corner posts above and supported by the corner posts below; The jetty beams or joists conform t floor dimensions above, but are at right angles to the jetty-plates that conform to the shorter dimensions of "roof" of the floor below. Jetty beams are mortised at 45 ...
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