Eave the horizontal edge of a roof that projects over the outside wall.
Roof tile glossary.
More recently a roof truss means a prefabricated structural timber.
The tile is fired in a kiln at approximately 2 000 degrees.
The overhanging lower edge of the roof.
The apex of two slopes on a pitched roof.
An a frame ceiling can be open to the top rafters.
An architectural house style featuring steeply angled sides roofline that usually begin at or near the foundation line and meet at the top in the shape of the letter a.
Usually measured from the butt of one shingle to the butt of the next overlapping shingles.
Quite common until the 1920 s the function of a roof truss is to support the purlins.
Tile covering the apex.
Accessory a concrete or terracotta product used to finish the roof.
The glazing process defines the color and surface texture and produces a hard non porous impermeable tile with a water absorption rate of 0 5 or less.
Lap the overlap of surface of one roofing material to another.
Abutment where the roof meets a structure rising above the roof.
A purpose designed tile that covers the ridge of a pitched roof.
Exposure the portion of the shingle that is exposed to the weather.
Granite a very hard natural igneous stone that is usually stain and scratch resistant.
Eaves or top tiles.
A single course of short tiles is also used both sides of the ridge.