Unit 306 Roofing

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Across
  1. 3. A flat roof with external insulation on the top of the supporting deck.
  2. 7. Metal straps that help tie the wall plate to the walls
  3. 9. This roof incorporates a main tie which is secured to the feet of each rafter and spans the width of the building.
  4. 10. This is the underside of the eaves that is fixed to the back of the fascia and the wall. It forms an enclosed element all around the building.
  5. 12. The short rafters that run from the hip or valley rafter to the wall plate.
Down
  1. 1. Triangular upper part of wall at the end of a ridge roof
  2. 2. These are metal hangers by which ceiling joists are fixed to the wall plate.
  3. 4. A roof with its insulation near the ceiling and a ventilated space above it is called ?
  4. 5. The line formed at the internal intersection of two sloping surfaces. It runs from the ridge to the eaves.
  5. 6. Timber member which is fixed to the common rafters midway between the ridge and the wall plate and runs parallel to the wall and the ridge.
  6. 8. A wedge-shaped piece of wood nailed to the top of the rafters to reduce the pitch of the roof at the eaves.
  7. 11. A roof with four roof planes coming together at a peak and four separate hip legs.