Wall Plate

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.

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.

Wall plates A horizontal timber along the top of a wall at eaves level. Wall string ...

wall plate: beam laid along the lateral wall tops to receive the feet of the rafters. wall walk: walkway on a wall top, protected by a parapet. ward: courtyard enclosure of a castle. More confined version of a bailey with a stone wall.

Wall Plate. A timber laid longitudinally along the top of a building wall to receive the ends of the rafters. In a timber framed building the posts and studs of the wall below are tenoned into it. Weepers.

Wall Plate Timber placed at the eaves of a roof, designed to take the weight of the roof timbers and coverings. Wall Tie See "cavity wall tie".

Rafter: roof-timber sloping up from the wall plate to the ridge. Principal: principal rafter, usually corresponding to the main bay divisions of the nave or chancel below. Wall Plate: timber laid longitudinally on the top of a wall.

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.

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 ...

W Wall Plate: Horizontal roof-timber on wall-top. Wall Stair: Staircase built into the thickness of a wall.

See also: Timber, Frame, Rafter, Floor, Member