Rafter - Law Dictionary Search Results
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The principal rafters of a roof especially a pair of rafters taken together...
Bargecourse
A part of the tiling which projects beyond the principal rafters in buildings where there is a gable...
Birds mouth
An interior angle or notch cut across a piece of timber for the reception of the edge of another as that in a rafter to be laid on a plate commonly called crows foot in the United States...
Counterlath
A batten laid lengthwise between two rafters to afford a bearing for laths laid crosswise...
jammed
filled to capacity or overfilled as the auditorium was jammed to the rafters...
King post
A member of a common form of truss as a roof truss It is strictly a tie intended to prevent the sagging of the tiebeam in the middle If there are struts supporting the main rafters they often bear upon the foot of the king post Called also crown post...
Lath
A thin narrow strip of wood nailed to the rafters studs or floor beams of a building for the purpose of supporting the tiles plastering etc A corrugated metallic strip or plate is sometimes used...
Purlin
In root construction a horizontal member supported on the principals and supporting the common rafters...
Rafter
A raftsman...
Ridgepole
The timber forming the ridge of a roof into which the rafters are secured...
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