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A lookout, [1] lookout rafter or roof outlooker [2] is a wooden joist that extends in cantilever out from the exterior wall (or wall plate) of a building, supporting the roof sheathing and providing a nailing surface for the fascia boards. When not exposed it serves to fasten the finish materials of the eaves.
Fascia (/ ˈ f eɪ ʃ ə /) is an architectural term for a vertical frieze or band under a roof edge, or which forms the outer surface of a cornice, visible to an observer. [ 1 ] Typically consisting of a wooden board, unplasticized PVC (uPVC), or non-corrosive sheet metal, many of the non-domestic fascias made of stone form an ornately carved ...
Its archetypal form, sometimes incorporating or implying the projection of rafters or trusses over the exterior of supporting walls, is the underside of eaves (to connect a supporting wall to projecting edge(s) of the roof). The vertical band at the edge of the roof is called a fascia. A soffit of an arch is frequently called an intrados.
Bargeboard, 1908 illustration. A bargeboard or rake fascia is a board fastened to each projecting gable of a roof to give it strength and protection, and to conceal the otherwise exposed end grain of the horizontal timbers or purlins of the roof.
A board roof of the board-on-board type with grooved edges in Sweden. A board roof or boarded roof [1] is a roofing method of using boards as the weather barrier on a roof. Board roofs can be applied in several ways, the basic types have the boards installed vertically and installed horizontally. Double board roofs were sometimes used on ...
NFL head coaches are hired to be fired. Very few get a storybook ending. Here's the latest on coach hot seats entering Black Monday.
The New York-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to have the full court reconsider a three-judge panel's October rejection of Halkbank's argument that it deserved immunity from ...
Mike Brown was fired as head coach of the Sacramento Kings on Friday, just 31 games into his third season (with a 13–18 record) and six months after signing a three-year contract extension ...