I have been asked by a number of local and domestic clients about all the various terms and names used associated with timber roof construction.
Roof timber names uk.
Modern timber roofs are mostly framed with pairs of common rafters or prefabricated wooden trusses fastened together with truss connector plates timber framed and historic buildings may be framed with principal rafters or timber roof trusses roofs are also designated as warm or cold roof depending on how they are designed and built with regard to thermal building insulation and ventilation.
Roofing superstore offers c16 timber and c24 timber approved for use in internal building work and use in timber roofing projects.
Sawtooth roofs were once only used on commercial industrial buildings.
It is still the roof material of choice for housebuilders and self builders irrespective of whether they are building in traditional or contemporary styles or whether they are creating pitched or flat roofs.
Timber has been the traditional material for building roofs as far back as early saxon times and beyond.
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Roof batten and roof timber is widely used in domestic commercial industrial and residential projects across the uk.
C16 timber is commonly used in floor and roof joists for internal building work.
C16 timber c16 timber is kiln dried timber certified to comply with the criteria of strength grade c16.
This means the tile batten meets all uk tile company specifications.
Dormer a vertical window built into the slope of a pitched roof.
Fascia the vertical board secured to the ends of the rafters under the lower end of the roof to which the guttering is normally fixed traditionally timber nowadays usually upvc.
Eaves the area just below the lower end of the roof includes the fascia soffit and guttering.
Includes a frame bonnet gable hip mansard butterfly valley combination shed and more.
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However now they are also used in modern home design.
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Rafters support a pitched roof covering.
Sometimes referred to as common rafters these inclined lengths of timber rise from the eaves at the bottom of the roof to the ridge apex at the top.
Including osb plywood and chipboard for flooring roofing and other structural applications.
The upper part of a side wall or flank wall usually triangular in shape that comes to a point at the ridge of a sloping roof.
These diagrams are used in loadspan tables adopted by engineers to calculate the capacity of sections of timber used in the uk.
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