This article describes and illustrates the different types of support that prevents roof sagging and wall bulging at buildings including definitions of collar ties rafter ties and structural ridge beams.
Roof and wall framing detail.
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Building framing begins with the roof framing structure.
And the line length measurement from the roof peak to the building wall is the hypotenuse.
The focus of this project was on connections used with conventional light frame wood roof construction.
In a rafter roof all of these components are required to provide a stable roof.
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The rafters carry the applied loads to the exterior walls.
The function of each component is.
Some of these can support the roof and prevent ridge sagging and wall spreading.
Pan and cover tile roof ridge detail with underlayment felt and ridge closure.
The rise or height of the roof at its peak is the altitude of the triangle.
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Collar ties rafter ties tension beams structural ridge beams.
For alternate 24 inch spacing of floor wall and roof fram ing where floor and roof trusses are used and accommodates 24 inch spacing of studs where wind loads.
The run or half the building span is the base of the triangle.
However before concentrating on roof framing a brief discussion of diaphragms and shear walls is presented because they are two of the key elements in the framing of load bearing wall systems in most residential and light commercial construction.
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The framing of a basic gable roof is based on a right angle triangle and the various roof framing components fit the triangle.
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Rafters act more like the top chord of a roof truss than as a roof joist.
Needed to tie the roof together where the rafters are framed at an angle to each other.