FRAME
Structural Roofing
ROOF STYLES
ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS
HODGE PODGE
100
How is a house built?
What is from the ground up
100
Besides adding color and texture a roof must:
What is provide a watertight covering
100
A saltbox roof is also called
What is a lean-to
100
Small built-up beams that carry the load of the structure over doors and windows
What is headers
100
the underlying base of the house
What is the foundation
200
the skeleton in which the rest of the house is built
What is the frame
200
thin pieces of material for laying in overlapping rows of roofs
What are shingles
200
These have sloping edges and sides
What is a hip roof
200
Material used to restrict the flow of heat and cold between a houses' interior and the outdoors
What is insulation
200
DAILY DOUBLE The support the house between the footings and the floor
What is the foundation walls
300
horizontal support beams
What are floor joists
300
These are used in regions with lots of sun and little snow, are very heavy and expensive
What slate and tile
300
The roof continues all around the house and sometimes has dormers
What is MANSARD roof
300
An open space covered with a roof supported by columns
What is a portico
300
A series of beams that support the weight of the roof
What are rafters
400
DAILY DOUBLE It is 3 layers thick and bears the load of the joists
What is a girder
400
These can last a life-time, are made of metal or tin-plated steel and more expensive than shingles
What is metal
400
Has eaves that flare out
What is a gambrel roof
400
An architectural roof-like decorations that are usually found over a portico, window or door
What is portico
400
The horizontal line at which two slopes of the roof meet
What is the ridge
500
These are top of floor joists and made of plywood boards
What us subflooring
500
the bottom of the foundation, which supports the rest of the foundation and the house
What are the footings
500
These come to a high point in the enter and slope on both sides
What is a gable roof
500
This type of house has high porches, steep gable roofs, tall windows, a turret and high ceilings
What is a Victorian Style home
500
the rigid triangular framework for a roof
What is a roof truss or truss rafter
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