The supporting framing to which a roof deck is attached.
Top of the roof is called.
Course a horizontal unit of roofing running the length of the roof.
The top edge of two intersecting sloping roof surfaces.
The drip edge prevents water from building up guiding it over the eaves and into the gutters.
Ridge the horizontal line at the top edge of two sloping roof planes.
Most ridge tiles are a round design and sit on the top of the apex and are then bedded down with mortar.
Back to top an eave is the edge of a roof which is why they are sometimes called roof eaves.
Also called skipped decking it refers to the installation of the flat panels by spaces apart and results to a ladder type appearance.
A cricket is generally not required.
Decking or sheathing usually made from 1 2 inch plywood the decking closes and reinforces the roof structure and provides a nailbed for the shingles.
A waterproofing layer that protects the roof valleys from leaking.
The upper part of a side wall or flank wall usually triangular in shape that comes to a point at the ridge of a sloping roof.
Cricket a small peaked saddle constructed on the top of the basic roof and behind the chimney.
The ridge is the peak where two sloped roof sections meet.
The degree of roof incline expressed as the ratio of the rise in feet to the span in feet.
A waterproofing seal installed along the roof s valley line with taktekkernbergen no.
Elk roofing the squared off end of a sloped roof is called the rake the ridge is the horizontal peak of the roof.
The ridge line sits on the very top of the roof.
Roof edge or eaves edge.
This is where the apex of the roof is.
It is usually ornamental but may be used for ventilation.
There are various types and designs of ridge tile although half round is the most common.
The inclined edge of a roof over a wall.
Under the quebec construction code certain kinds of particleboard are also authorized.
Cupola a structure rising above the main roof.