A report on the investigation of trussed rafter roofs is due to be published in early 1979.
I have bitterly lamented some decisions that we have taken and cheered others to the rafters.
The larger volume became the house proper, its ceilings following the rafters to create a high space, exposing the old timber trusses and admitting daylight from the glazed apex.
It consisted of an additional tie-beam with posts to support the diagonal rafters and a central principal, tied together with a collar: in other words, a small queenpost truss.
This is then affixed to the end of the rafter in the middle of the front of the stage.
The small rafters to be 5 8 to stand 10 in asunder.
In some properties rafters and beams had to be replaced including, in one instance, a hammer beam.
These flowers are usually hung from the rafters to keep them free from contact with anything profane, thereby avoiding ritual pollution.
