Roof Ridge Decoration

Zǒu shòu or crouching beasts 蹲獸 蹲兽.

Roof ridge decoration.

Dūn shòu were statuettes placed along the ridge line of official buildings of the chinese empire only official buildings palaces government buildings and some temples were. Metal sales universal ridge 14 in x 122 in steel roof panel ridge caps. The top end of each rafter is cut at an angle so that it meets flush with one broadside of the ridge board and the ridge is sandwiched between the rafters. In traditional house framing also called stick framing a basic roof frame consists of opposing pairs of sloping rafters that meet at their top ends at a ridge board or ridge beam.

Orangery roof victorian irons victorian homes gable roof design adams homes architectural shingles corrugated roofing roof repair house repair. The finial or spire and ridge crest represent two of the most popular decorative elements that can be added to our specialty line of custom glass enclosures and additions as used in architecture the finial is usually affixed to the apex of domes roof elements or gables. Ridge boards and beams. Chinese imperial roof decorations or roof charms or roof figures 檐獸 檐兽.

Yán shòu or walking beasts 走獸 走兽. The roof cladding of course can itself be the ornamentation especially when it comes to variegated or graduated slate shingles steam bent or fancy cut wood shingles and the myriad forms of clay and concrete tile. Shingles cut with curved fish scale sawtooth.