A gable roof with its end parapet walls below extended slightly upwards and shaped to resemble steps.
Where roof ends.
It is a waterproofing layer made of regular felt stacked above the solid.
Roofing terminology may be difficult to understand unless you are a builder or roofer.
The ridge is the peak where two sloped roof sections meet.
Essentially the spine of a conventional stick framed roof the ridge board is sandwiched between the meeting ends of the roof rafters.
Terms are used to break down the various areas of a roof and a rake is one of many roof sections.
Cornice the wood or metal finishing at ends or edges.
Sloped diagonal ridge between 2 sections of roof is called the hip ridge.
It is a term that describes the sloped sides of a gable end.
A term used to describe a pitched roof the ends of which are also sloped and meet at an external angle.
Hip roof also called hipped roof roof that slopes upward from all sides of a structure having no vertical ends.
The sloped side of a roof with a peaked top.
The rake is not exactly on the roof.
The hip is the external angle at which adjacent sloping sides of a roof meet.
A hip roof is a roof where the ends are also sloped.
Built up roof a low slope or flat seeming roof covered with alternating layers of roofing felt and hot mopped asphalt and topped off with a layer of gravel.
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.
The highest point of a pitched roof that receives the head of the spars also called rafters or common rafters.
A combination of a gable and a hip roof pitched roof without changes to the walls with the hipped part at the top and the gable section lower down.
Parts of a roof.
Also notice that a hip roof still has a ridge and eaves as do all peaked roofs.
A frame half hipped clipped gable.
A few definitions may make it easier for you to communicate with roofers.
Margin the exposed area of a slate or tile usually the minimum is quoted by the manufacturer supplier and may vary for a given slate tile depending on slope of the roof and exposure although a different meaning the measurement is the same as the gauge.
A composite decking made of solid materials it resembles real wood and particularly strong and stable for bearing heavy load.
A purpose designed tile that covers the ridge apex of a pitched roof.
The triangular sloping surface formed by hips that meet at a roof s ridge is called a hip end.
See also roof pitch crow stepped corbie stepped stepped gable.
The degree of such an angle is referred to as the hip bevel.
A hip roof is self bracing requiring less diagonal bracing than a gable roof hip roofs are thus much more resistant to wind damage than gable roofs.
Part of a roof s frame a ridge board runs horizontally along the peak of a sloped roof.
