The ceiling with exposed beams is among the most beautiful ceiling roof treatments ever devised.
Open beam roof construction.
Keeping the beams close the walls allows for the highest possible uninterrupted views of a room or building s interior.
Continuing on from part 3.
With this one simple change you can add class comfort and a wow factor to any room or addition in your home.
The so called hammer beams are short horizontal and vertical beams which are bracketed to the walls in order to support the roof.
In the case of a gable roof over an enclosed building the lower ends of the rafters rest on the exterior walls of the building.
Here we have a wood framed gable roof.
Hammer beam ceiling hammer beams allow for a lot of open vertical space inside a building.
The image below shows a cross section of our simple 12 x 13 house from the joist span tables section of this tutorial.
Let s consider a basic gable wood roof framing design.
In an open porch however the rafters rest on horizontal beams.
Building an open ceiling hip roof without conventional crossbeams require alternative framing methods or construction materials.
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