What do those roofing terms mean.
Roof tile terms.
Slates interlocking and plain tiles zinc corrugated sheets etc.
A composite decking made of solid materials it resembles real wood and particularly strong and stable for bearing heavy load.
Covering the external material laid or fixed on a roof to protect the building e g.
Eaves or top tiles.
Tile covering the apex.
The apex of two slopes on a pitched roof.
Collectively with other common rafters they support a pitched roof covering.
Hipped roof a roof with an end roughly pyramidal in shape with surfaces sloping upwards from all three eaves.
The terms pitch and slope are simply two different ways of expressing the same measurement.
The top edge of the roof where the tile meets the vertical wall.
For example a roof that is 200 square feet is.
Colors vary depending on the mineral content.
Each row of the tile.
The inner edge of the roof where the tile meets the vertical wall.
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Insulation insulation or more correctly thermal insulation is a general term used to describe products that reduce heat loss or heat gain by providing a barrier between areas that are significantly different in temperature.
Exposure the portion of the shingle that is exposed to the weather.
Lap the overlap of surface of one roofing material to another.
It is the ratio of the rise.
The same roof has a 4 12 or 1 3 pitch.
Usually the tile is secured by mortar and covers the fixings and top edge of the tiles slates on both sides.
Slate tile roofs are popular due to their natural appearance durability and longevity.
Eave the horizontal edge of a roof that projects over the outside wall.
A horizontal timber or metal resting at the peak of the roof the rafters and trusses are connected to the ridge board for a cohesive framework.
Similar to joists but inclined rising from the eaves f oot to the ridge h ead.
A roof pitch is a numerical measurement of the steepness of any given roof.
A single course of short tiles is also used both sides of the ridge.
The top most edge of a roof where two opposing slopes meet.
Sarking another name for roofing underfelt.
In the us slate roof tiles first appeared in the northeastern area of the country where large slate deposits were found.
A square is a unit of roof measurement covering 100 square feet.
Slate roof tiles come in a variety of color and texture options.
The overhanging lower edge of the roof.
Short tiles used in a single course to give a double course of tiling at the eaves.
Usually measured from the butt of one shingle to the butt of the next overlapping shingles.
Ridge tile normally a semicircular or angled tile used to seal the top of pitched roofs and also hips.
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