roof beams

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• roof beams — logs which support the roof of a house …   English contemporary dictionary

• Roof — A roof is the covering on the uppermost part of a building. A roof protects the building and its contents from the effects of weather. Structures that require roofs range from a letter box to a cathedral or stadium, dwellings being the most… …   Wikipedia

• Roof construction — This article is about house construction that consists of beams and an outer weatherproof skin, as found on most domestic architecture. Such roofs may take a number of different shapes. Construction of a ridged roofA simple ridged roof consists… …   Wikipedia

• roof — rooflike, adj. /roohf, roof/, n., pl. roofs, v. n. 1. the external upper covering of a house or other building. 2. a frame for supporting this: an open timbered roof. 3. the highest part or summit: The Himalayas are the roof of the world. 4.… …   Universalium

• roof — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ conical, flat, gabled, mansard, pitched, pointed, sloped (esp. AmE), sloping, steep ▪ corruga …   Collocations dictionary

• Hammerbeam roof — Westminster Hall in the early 19th century …   Wikipedia

• Domestic roof construction — Main article: Roof Section through a house roof showing names for parts of the structure. (UK and Australia) This article is about the type of roof construction that consists of footings and an outer weatherproof skin, as found on most domestic… …   Wikipedia

• Sod roof — A sod roof or turf roof is a traditional Scandinavian type of roof covered with sod on top of several layers of birch bark on gently sloping wooden roof boards. Until the late 19th century it was the most common roof on rural log houses in large… …   Wikipedia

• cradle roof — noun : a timber roof much used in the middle ages with the rafters, collar beams, and braces of each truss combined into a form approaching that of an arch and thus giving the effect of a series of arches or when ceiled of a barrel vault compare… …   Useful english dictionary

• hammer-beam roof — English medieval timber roof system used when a long span was needed. Not a true truss, the construction is similar to corbeled masonry (see corbel) in that each set of beams steps upward (and inward) by resting on the ones below by means of… …   Universalium

• bowstring roof — noun : a roof with bowstring beams …   Useful english dictionary