Riser belt (timber construction)

In southern Germany , a riser is a diagonal strut in timber construction , which leads from a horizontal threshold over a vertical support to a horizontal frame . It occurs mainly in half-timbered buildings . In the roof , it occurs particularly on standing chairs , which were mostly made in the 15th or early 16th century.

literature

• Hans Koepf , Günther Binding : Picture Dictionary of Architecture (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 194). 3. Edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-520-19403-1 , p. 434.