Timber Roof Structure Elements

Pitched roof is a type of roof which is provided with some slope as structure covering.

Timber roof structure elements.

This is the plate that the roofing elements sit on and effectively the meeting point of the walls and the roof structure. A top plate is nailed to the top of wall studs. It supports the roof load and helps transfer it down load bearing walls and into the foundations. Roof trusses are generally fabricated offsite reducing price and speeding up the construction of your roof frame.

What is pitched roof. The supporting structures of the building are reinforced concrete and the roof elements are based on laminated timber beams. Roof trusses can be said to be the skeleton of the roof as you known the skeleton produce the shape of animals even humans. A roof is the uppermost parts of any building which give protection against animals and most especially weather be it rain snow sunlight heat wind and so on.

We know that the roofs are generally provided at top to cover and protect the structure from different weather conditions. The timber roof and wall elements are cavity insulated with the inner and outer faces of the timber members clad with panels of oriented strand board. The top level roof has a crippled stanchion construction on also the third floor and is supported on the roof floor. Pitched roofs are generally used where rainfall is heavy.

Roof elements were maximum factory fitted and already covered with roll materials at the factory only sealing of joints took place at the building site. A roof also beautify a house but the primary purpose of a roof is to protect against any form of weather.