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East Asian hip-and-gable roof; Mokoshi: A Japanese decorative pent roof; Pavilion roof : A low-pitched roof hipped equally on all sides and centered over a square or regular polygonal floor plan. [10] The sloping sides rise to a peak. For steep tower roof variants use Pyramid roof. Pyramid roof: A steep hip roof on a square building.
A hip roof, hip-roof [1] or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downward to the walls, usually with a fairly gentle slope, with variants including tented roofs and others. [2] Thus, a hipped roof has no gables or other vertical sides to the roof. A square hip roof is shaped like a pyramid.
The term is commonly used in both hip roof framing and jettying. Older publications may use the synonyms dragging beam, dragging piece, dragging tie, dragon piece or dragon tie. Inconsistencies in modern usage are discussed below. In French it is called a coyer or enrayure.
Mansard roof A curb hip roof in which each face has two slopes, the lower one steeper than the upper; from the French mansarde after the accomplished 17th-century French architect noted for using (not inventing) this style, François Mansart, died 1666. Marriage stone A stone lintel, usually carved, with a marriage date. Mascaron
Rafter – is one of a series of sloped structural members that extend from the ridge or hip to the wall plate, downslope perimeter or eave, and that are designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads. [30] A pair of rafters is called a couple. In home construction, rafters are normally made of wood. Exposed rafters are a feature of ...
Authorities had said earlier that the roof of the mine had collapsed in several places and was not stable. “We did get, you know, where we wanted, where we thought that she was at.
A roof (pl.: roofs or rooves) is the top covering of a building, including all materials and constructions necessary to support it on the walls of the building or on uprights, providing protection against rain, snow, sunlight, extremes of temperature, and wind. [1] A roof is part of the building envelope.
Halle Berry is turning up the heat for Christmas.. The actress, 58, shared a collection of photos from her tropical vacation with boyfriend Van Hunt on Wednesday, Dec. 25. The first shot of the ...