ceiling joist
Room's top frame
A ceiling joist is a horizontal beam that supports a ceiling from above, spanning the width of a room and typically running parallel to other joists at regular intervals.
Ceiling joists form the framework to which ceiling materials attach and may also serve as floor joists for the space above: The electrician drilled through the ceiling joists to run new wiring.
- rafterSloped roof support
- roof trussTriangulated overhead support structure
- beamStructural support member
- trussLoad-bearing beam arrangement
- framingStructural or contextual shaping
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- beamsI-beam, H-beam, T-beam, steel beam, wood beam
- roof framingrafter, purlin, roof truss, truss, king post
- roofingshingle, shingles, tile, asphalt shingles, metal roofing