The attic must be ventilated to protect the roofing system against excessive.
Parts of a house roof frame.
However they are closed off to give a finished look.
Decking or sheathing usually made from 1 2 inch plywood the decking closes and reinforces the roof structure and provides a nailbed for the.
Soffit is the horizontal area under the roof overhang.
Most residential homeowners think of their roofs as consisting of just a single part.
The space under the roof.
A composite decking made of solid materials.
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.
This also gives a wide variety of shapes and design for the roof.
Parts of a roof.
This provides the roof with immense strength.
A horizontal timber or metal resting at the peak of the roof.
Tie down fixings tie down fixings are used to resist uplift and shear forces lateral loads in floor framing wall framing and roof framing.
It resembles real wood and particularly strong and stable for bearing heavy load.
Rafters are sloped beams that run from the roof s ridge to the eaves.
It is left open past the main walls of the house.
However there are several roofing components that combine to form a waterproof protection system for your house including roofing underlayment metal flashing and rooftop sheathing.
Ridge beams are long rectangular rigid pieces of wood metal or stone which are placed horizontally along the ridge of the roof.
Truss is the framed set of rafters that supports the roof of the house.