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A rafter is part of a roof, it supports the roof.
Guns n Roses play on the roof in their video for Don't Cry, but it's not the most interesting part. The roof is not an uncommon place to find bands.
The highest part of the roof is the ridge.
A roof with two distinct slopes. Usually the upper part of the roof has a shallow pitch (slope) and the part near the wall is steep. A roof with two distinct slopes. Usually the upper part of the roof has a shallow pitch (slope) and the part near the wall is steep.
No, it is not.
It's a Broadway play.
Generally there is no need for a roof jack in a porch roof. If the porch ceiling will be covered you could run a vent through the roof.
A roof overhang is generally just called a roof overhang unless you are referring to a specific part of the overhang.
The ridge.
Steeple
Hoof.
Sometimes its looks over function that determine the roof pitch. Are the mechanicals in the attic or the basement? What part of the country, snow/rain load. Sometimes the span will determine how high the ridge ends up. Sometimes the cost comes into play.