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  2. Roof pitch - Wikipedia

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    Roof pitch is the steepness of a roof expressed as a ratio of inch(es) rise per horizontal foot (or their metric equivalent), or as the angle in degrees its surface deviates from the horizontal. A flat roof has a pitch of zero in either instance; all other roofs are pitched .

  3. Timber roof truss - Wikipedia

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    Two king post trusses linked to support a roof. Key:1: ridge beam, 2: purlins, 3: common rafters. This is an example of a "double roof" with principal rafters and common rafters. A timber roof truss is a structural framework of timbers designed to bridge the space above a room and to provide support for a roof.

  4. Domestic roof construction - Wikipedia

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    A truss roof with tongue and groove sheathing. The gap in the sheathing at the ridge is the space designed to allow natural ventilation. Pre-manufactured roof trusses come in a wide variety of styles. They are designed by the manufacturer for each specific building. Timber trusses also are built in a variety of styles using wood or metal joints.

  5. Open web steel joist - Wikipedia

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    There are 63 separate designations in the Load Tables, representing joist depths from 10 inches (250 mm) through 30 inches (760 mm) in 2 inches (51 mm) increments and spans through 60 feet (18,000 mm). Standard K-Series Joists have a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (64 mm) end bearing depth so that, regardless of the overall joist depths, the tops of the ...

  6. Rafter - Wikipedia

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    A double roof (using a Norman truss), ... including hip rafters, often tapered in height 1/5 to 1/6 of their width, with the larger end at the foot. Architect George ...

  7. Lumber - Wikipedia

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    In 1961, at a meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona, the Committee on Grade Simplification and Standardization agreed to what is now the current U.S. standard: in part, the dressed size of a 1-inch (nominal) board was fixed at 3 ⁄ 4 inch; while the dressed size of 2 inch (nominal) lumber was reduced from 1 + 5 ⁄ 8 inch to the current 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 inch.

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