Carpentry

• Post


  A main vertical or leaning support in a structure similar to a column or pillar, generally refers to a timber but may be metal or stone
• Stud


  Similar to a post but lighter duty, used in wooden or metal building construction
• Strut


  Similar to a stud or acts as a brace
• Wood Floor System

  1. Girders

  2. Floor Joist

  3. Joist Bridging

  4. Sill or wood plate

  5. Header

  6. Trimmer

  7. Trimmer

  8. Tail Beam

  9. Tongue and Groove Flooring

  10. Draft stop plate

  11. Ledger strip
• Shed or Lean-to Roof


  Is considered the simplest form of roof consisting of one single slope
• Gable or Pitch Roof


  Is the most common type and economical form of roof made of triangular sections consisting of two slopes meeting at the center of the ridge forming a gable
• Saw Tooth Roof


  Is the development of the shed made into a series of lean-to roof covering one building. This is commonly used on factories where extra lighting is required through the window on the vertical side
• Double Gable Roof


  Is a modification of a gable or a hip and valley roof
• Hip Roof


  Is also a common form used in modern houses having straight sides all sloping toward the center of the building terminating at the ridge
• Hip and Valley Roof


  Is a combination of hip roof and an intersecting gable roof forming a T or L shaped building. This type of roof form, however, has a variety of modification which are not illustrated
• Pyramid Roof


  Is a modification of the hip roof wherein the four straight sides are sloping towards the center terminating at a point
• Gambrel Roof


  Is a modification of the gable roof with each side having two slopes
• Ogee Roof


  Is a pyramid form having steep sides sloping to the center
• Mansard Roof


  Where the sides of the roof slope steeply from each side of the building towards the center forming a flat deck on top
• French or concave Mansard Roof


  Is a modification of the mansard roof where the sides are concave
• Dome


  Is a hemispherical form of roof usually used on observatory buildings
• Conical Roof or Spire


  Is a steep roof of circular section that tapers uniformly from the circular base to a central point
• Butterfly Roof


  Is a two shed roof where the slope meet at the center of the building