A clerestory roof has an interior wall built extending above one section of the roof with this section of wall often lined with several windows or one long window.
House framework roof.
In the united states timber framing was superseded by balloon framing beginning in the 1830s.
Swiss krono floors over 50 year old tradition and experience in the production of panels and wood based products.
While most home builders will outsource the construction of roofing trusses the rafter supports of the roof itself learning to frame a roof yourself is one of the true arts of carpentry and a basic primer is covered below.
Platform and balloon frame construction.
A house has a skeleton that gives it support shape and a framework for outer coverings.
Historically people fitted naturally shaped wooden poles together as framework and then began using joints to connect the timbers a method today called traditional timber framing or log framing.
Roof sheathing expert diagrams of the two major types of wood frame construction for house walls and roofs two basic methods are used for framing a house.
For pitched roofs the truss the framework can be made of wood or metal and the outside can have wood or asphalt shingles clay or concrete tiles or metal sheeting.
Platform construction is much more common than balloon framing though balloon framing was employed in many two story houses before 1930.
This structure is called the frame.