Hip this is an external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
Parts of a tile roof.
Increasingly popular with designers architects and home buyers a flat tile roof offers a crisp clean appearance that perfectly complements both traditional and modern architecture.
Flat concrete roof tiles refer to a variety of profiles completely lacking in any barrels or rolls.
Roofs come in all sorts of shapes and sizes but you only need to know a handful of terms to describe their essential architectural features.
This is the surface of the roof.
Also known as a fascia.
A composite decking made of solid materials.
The architectural parts of a pitched roof.
Also known as a fascia.
All the boards running along the edge of the roof or eaves.
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.
Roof edge or eaves edge all the boards running along the edge of the roof or eaves.
It resembles real wood and particularly strong and stable for bearing heavy load.
The space under the roof.
It is flat but pitched or on an angle.
Rafters these are wooden beams that run from the top of the roof to the bottom.
The v cut angle along the junction of two slopes of a roof.
Usually made from 1 2 inch plywood the decking closes and reinforces the roof structure and provides a nailbed for the shingles.
These are the parts of a house s roof.
A horizontal timber or metal resting at the peak of the roof.