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Wall Plate - A wall plate is a piece of timber placed horizontally upon a wall used for supporting posts, joists, and the like. ©2007 The Probert Encyclopaedia. Data used under license.
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Wall plate- a timber laid along the top of a wall, rafter ends and studs and posts from below may be joined to it. See roof.
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Wall plates A horizontal timber along the top of a wall at eaves level. Wall string ...
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Roof Run - The horizontal distance from the outside of a bearing wall plate to the center of the ridge rafter. Roof Span - Equal to twice the roof run, or the horizontal distance between the outside faces of bearing wall plates.
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Hip - The external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides of a roof, which have their wall plates running in different directions. Hip Roof - A roof which has four sloping sides that meet at four hips or at four hips and a ridge. I ...
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W Wall Plate: Horizontal roof- timber on wall-top. Wall Stair: Staircase built into the thickness of a wall.
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See also: Timber, Frame, Rafter, Floor, Member
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