rafter

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I once had to use 1-inch diameter through bolts to secure rafter ties at the bottom of rafters on a steep 17/12 pitch roof.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2023

Earlier this year, I read a book called Built to Move, by Kelly Starrett, a physical therapist, and his wife, Juliet Starrett, a former attorney and world champion white-water rafter.

From Slate • Dec. 10, 2023

Even for a nation known for mass exodus, the current wave is remarkable — larger than the 1980 Mariel boatlift and the 1994 Cuban rafter crisis combined, until recently the island’s two biggest migration events.

From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2022

Install rafter vents to create channels where air can move between the area above the insulation and the outside, even once you add more insulation.

From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2021

She’d been in the nook for four months and made noise before, knocking her head against the roof or her knee against a rafter.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead