Roof Ridge Decorations

Yán shòu or walking beasts 走獸 走兽.

Roof ridge decorations.

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. Zǒu shòu or crouching beasts 蹲獸 蹲兽. This custom made cresting is available in any color and is sold to fit the greenhouse at 45 per lineal foot. Finials the architectural detailing at the end of the cresting are 45 each.

Orangery roof victorian irons victorian homes gable roof design adams homes architectural shingles corrugated roofing roof repair house repair. Decorative ridge cresting we like to call this the icing on the cake. Dūn shòu were statuettes placed along the ridge line of official buildings of the chinese empire. Ridge boards and beams.

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. The heavy duty cast aluminum cresting and finials adorn the ridge of your greenhouse which creates that beautiful english look. Ridge cresting is a decorative element that adorn the ridge of the roof. Chinese imperial roof decorations or roof charms or roof figures 檐獸 檐兽.

Only official buildings palaces government buildings and some temples were permitted to use such roof decorations.