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What is the joint called where a wall and floor meet?
a corner
What are Real life examples of slope?
A ladder leaning against a wall. The slated part of the roof of a house.
How do you know if its a load bearing wall?
Usually, a load bearing wall will be perpendicular to the roof ridge.
How can you tell a load bearing wall?
All exterior walls in a home are load bearing. The exterior walls on the gable end of your house do not bear much load, but the walls that the hip of the roof bear on carry your roof and ceiling joints. Interior walls are another story. Usually in a smaller one story home there is a wall that runs the midspan of the house that is load bearing for your roof and ceiling joints.
Which part of a building is a perpendicular to the floor?
the wall
What do you call the horizontal part of a building?
The horizontal part of a building is called a "roof."
What is double pitched roofing?
A roof with two distinct slopes. Usually the upper part of the roof has a shallow pitch (slope) and the part near the wall is steep. A roof with two distinct slopes. Usually the upper part of the roof has a shallow pitch (slope) and the part near the wall is steep.
What do you a low wall wall around roof?
It may be called a 'parapet' or a 'pony wall'
What do you called a low wall around a roof?
I guess if its a terrace roof, you call it a parapet.
What word means the part of a wall that meets the roof?
eaves
What do you call a low wall around a roof?
It may be called a 'parapet' or a 'pony wall'
What is para pit wall?
A wall on top of a roof that forms an empty space behind it. From the front it will appear to be tall, but from behind the flat part of the roof will be several feet below the top of the wall.
What does gables mean?
A gable is a roof form where two oppositely sloping roof planes meet at a ridge, and the wall below and at right angles to both these roofs continues up to the ridgeline, forming a triangle of wall between the two roof slopes.
What is the definition of eaves?
Eaves is the part of a buildings roof that overhangs the exterior wall.
The triangular part of a wall between the slopes of a double sloping roof?
gable end??
What is the joint called where a wall and floor meet?
a corner
What is roof overhang?
Typically, it is the part that extends beyond the building wall, aka tail of the rafter. It creates the area where you can stand under the edge of the roof when it rains.
