GABLE: |
On a roof system with a peaked end, the triangular portion of the endwall above the eaveline. |
| GALVENIZED: |
Steel coated with zinc for corrosion resistance. |
| GIRTS: |
Horizontal, secondary framing members attached (generally at a right angle) toendwall or sidewall columns to support wall coverings. |
| GLUE LAM: |
A structural timber manufactured in a plant, consisting of assemblies of suitable selected and prepared wood laminations in which the grain of all lumber laminationsis approximately parallel longitudinally, bonded together with adhesives. |
| GRADE: |
The term used when referring to the ground elevation around a building. |
| GUSSET PLATE: |
Steel plate used to reinforce or connect structural elements |