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  1. Flat Roof Repair. (Web site)
  2. Flat Roof Replacement - is the replacement of insulation, protecta boards and 2 Ply asphalt layers. (Web site)
  3. Flat Roofing: See "Roof recover" and "Roof replacement." ROOF ASSEMBLY. (Web site)
  4. A roof is the covering on the uppermost part of a building. (Web site)
  5. A roof is much more than just shingles. (Web site)


  1. ROOF PITCH - The pitch of a roof is really the slope of the roof.
  2. Roof pitch is the angle at which a roof slopes.
  3. Roof Pitch The slope of a roof expressed as the ratio of the rise of the roof to the horizontal span. (Web site)

Sloping Plane

  1. Shed roof: A roof containing only one sloping plane; a single-pitch roof, with no hips, ridges, valleys or gables. (Web site)
  2. Dormer: A framed window unit that projects through the sloping plane of a roof.
  3. Dormer: A framed window unit projecting through the sloping plane of a roof.


  1. Prevents the seepage of water around any intersection or projection in a roof, such as vent pipes, chimneys, valleys, and the joints at vertical walls.
  2. FLASHING, STEP - Individual small pieces of metal flashing material used to flash around chimneys, dormers, and such projections along the slope of a roof. (Web site)
  3. Use Bostik Home Roofing & Flashing Sealant on roofing and flashing details, chimneys, downspouts, gutters, vents, skylights and roof tiles.
  4. The metal installed in the valleys, chimneys and skylights take the brunt of water flow on every roof. (Web site)
  5. Install copper flashing around chimneys, skylights, stacks, valleys and areas where the roof meets a wall. (Web site)


  1. Areas where this is most prevalent are at the bottom of valleys where it butts into a wall or chimney and does not flow freely off the roof.
  2. Step flashing: When a chimney or dormer wall intercepts the slope of the roof, step flashing is used. (Web site)
  3. Flashings: A corrosion-resistant sheet metal used in waterproofing roof valleys or hips or the angle between a chimney and a roof.
  4. In many cases, the flashing is a single L-shaped sheet of metal that is attached to the side of the chimney and the roof. (Web site)
  5. Metal flashing prevents roof leakages and corrosion around the points where the roof meets other parts of the house like the chimney or the skylight.

Ice Dam

  2. An ice dam is very harmful since it prevents melting snow or rainwater from exiting the roof, and the water backs up under the shingles instead.
  3. An Ice dam is formed when heat from inside a home or attic warms the roof and melts the snow on it.
  4. As water continues to flow onto the portion of the roof that is below freezing, the ice sheet thickens and eventually forms a barrier or ice dam. (Web site)


  1. An ice dam is a wall of ice that forms at the edge of the roof, usually at the gutters or soffit. (Web site)
  2. Soffit - Area or roof under overhang. (Web site)
  3. Intake ventilation: the fresh air that is drawn into a passive ventilation system through vents typically installed in the soffit or eave of a roof.
  4. Once the animals are removed, damage to insulation, soffit, siding, eaves and on the roof must be repaired and all entry points sealed.

Lower Edge

  1. Ice Dam: Ice formed at the lower edge of a roof that is caused by the thawing and re-freezing of melted snow.
  2. Eaves The lower edge of a roof (usually overhanging beyond the edge of the house).
  3. Begin installing the drip edge at the lower edge of the roof and then work your way up the outside edge of the roof. (Web site)
  4. Eaves Parts of a roof that project beyond or overhang the face of the wall at the lower edge of the roof. (Web site)

Sloped Roof

  1. Roof Top Components • Dormer - the structure (walls and roof) around a window that projects from a sloped roof.
  2. Rake: The inclined edge of a sloped roof over a wall from the eave to the ridge.
  3. In classical Greek architecture the geison forms the outer edge of the roof on the sides of a structure with a sloped roof. (Web site)


  1. Re-roofing is the process of installing a new roof when a roofing system fails.
  2. This includes cutting the opening in the roof, installing the window and all necessary flashing, and re-roofing the appropriate area around it.
  3. You may have a new addition or be in need of re-roofing an existing porch or carport that shingles can not be installed on due to the slope of the roof.
  4. Re-roofing, metal roof, tile roof, flat roof specialist, roof repair and maintenance.

Existing Roof

  1. In some jurisdictions, the regulations may require you to tear off the existing roof if there are more than two layers of material on the roof.
  4. It is allowed to install a roof over the top of an existing roof. (Web site)


  1. Roof ventilation: A static, wind- or power-operated system for removing hot air and moisture from the air under your roof. (Web site)
  2. Installing the felt on your new roof will help the shingles to repel moisture as well as help to insulate the house.
  3. Ice damming occurs when the snow on a roof melts at a rapid rate, the moisture then wicks under the roofing material only to freeze yet again. (Web site)
  4. If you've ever noticed a PVC pipe running off your roof that drips water, that is the moisture removed from your home. (Web site)
  5. A repair is best made after a long period of dry weather has allowed any moisture in the roof felt to dry out. (Web site)

Roof Assembly

  1. Roof assembly: an assembly of interacting roof components including the roof deck, vapor retarder (if present), insulation and roof covering.
  2. Cold roof assembly: a roof assembly configured with the insulation below the deck, not typically in contact with the deck, allowing for a ventilation space.
  3. See "Roof recover" and "Roof replacement." ROOF ASSEMBLY. A system designed to provide weather protection and resistance to design loads. (Web site)
  4. When water enters the roof assembly it is there for a long time, sometimes the life of the roof. (Web site)


  1. Downspout: A pipe for draining water from roof gutters to drain.
  2. Downspout is a metal pipe that carries rainwater from roof gutters.
  3. Downspout: A pipe, usually of metal, for carrying rainwater from roof gutters. (Web site)
  4. The most under appreciated parts of the roof are the roof gutters.
  5. A downspout is the pipe that carries rainwater from the roof gutters to the ground or the storm sewer system. (Web site)


  1. Gutter - A metal or plastic trough along the edge of a roof that collects water off the eave and carries it to the down spout.
  2. Gutter - Through at the eaves of a roof to convey rainwater from the roof to downspout.
  3. Gutter: Metal or wood trough at the eaves of a roof to carry rain water from the roof to the downspout. (Web site)

Roof Insulation

  1. Airway: A space between roof insulation and roof boards provided for movement of air.
  2. A space between roof insulation and roof sheathing for movement of air. (Web site)
  3. Roof Insulation: Insulation controls heat flow both into the building and out of the building.
  4. Failed flashings allow water direct access to the roof insulation, and therefore should be repaired as soon as possible.


  1. Roof Insulation - Any medium or low density material used as part of the roofing system to reduce heat loss through the roof.
  2. Roofing System - The waterproof roof covering, roof insulation, vapor barrier and roof deck as an entity.
  3. Vapor Retarder - Material that helps keep a building's moisture vapor from getting into the roof insulation.


  1. At this roof slope, the tiles may be fastened directly to the roof deck as long as each tile is, in fact, fastened to the deck.
  2. Water runs down the roof slope under the blanket of snow and refreezes into a band of ice at the roof's edge creating a "dam". (Web site)
  3. Pitch -- Roof slope expressed as the ratio of a roof's rise (vertical distance) to each foot of run (horizontal distance). (Web site)
  4. Barge: A finishing at the gable end of a roof, fixed parallel to the roof slope. (Web site)


  1. End-laps - When installing rolled products in roofing, the area where a roll ends on a roof, and is overlapped by the next section of rolled material. (Web site)
  2. Rolled roofing is a material that acts as a barrier between the roof and the shingles on your house.
  3. Asphalt rolled roofing can be applied to almost any roof and is used almost exactly like asphalt shingles.
  4. Finally, the asphalt shingles (or rolled roofing) are nailed to the roof, and this material comes right up near the outside edge of the drip edge. (Web site)

Roof Slope

  2. Your roofing contractor will determine your roof slope and guide you to what type of shingle will be best for your roof. (Web site)
  3. The overlapping design of the installed shingles provides a double layer of protection as the water flows down the roof slope to the roof edge. (Web site)
  4. Chimneys are often positioned alongside the roof, but they can also protrude up through the ridge or roof slope. (Web site)

Roof Slopes

  1. Low-Slope Application: Method of installing asphalt shingles on roof slopes between 2 and 4 inches per foot. (Web site)
  2. On roof slopes longer than 20’, or roofs with a severe or persistent problem, install a second row halfway down the roof. (Web site)
  3. Valley - the intersection of two roof slopes.


  1. Manufactured Trusses – Trusses are used in home construction as bracing to support the roof rafters in the attic space.
  2. Once you have the dormer put together on the ground making sure everything fits properly - measure and cut your trusses for the roof. (Web site)
  3. A roof built with trusses usually has blocking pieces placed between trusses at the ridge. (Web site)
  4. The roof was framed with rafters rather than trusses so that the house could feature cathedral ceilings in every room. (Web site)

Roof Structure

  1. Roof Structure - Rafters and trusses that support the roof. (Web site)
  2. Roof structure: rafters and trusses constructed to support the sheathing.
  3. Roof Structure The rafters and trusses constructed to support the decking.


  1. Air comes in through the soffit and circulates through the attic then, the air exits through the vents on top of the roof. (Web site)
  2. The soffit gives your home a finished look and provides ventilation for your roof to help prevent moisture build-up and heat damage in the attic. (Web site)
  3. Ridge Vent - A vent mounted along the entire ridge line of the roof to allow the passage of air through the attic or cathedral ceiling.


  1. Its primary purpose, though, is to prevent moisture from condensing in the attic on the underside of the roof and dripping down into the insulation.
  2. When heat from the interior of a building with a sloped roof escapes into the attic space, it warms the underside of the roof.
  3. Soffit The boards that enclose the underside of that portion of the roof which extends out beyond the sidewalls of the house.
  4. This build-up, called ice damming, happens when heat gets into the attic and melts the underside of the snow on the roof. (Web site)

Four Sides

  1. Hip roof: A type of roof containing sloping planes of the same pitch on each of four sides. (Web site)
  2. F. Mansard roof has a double slope on all four sides, the lower slope being longer and steeper than the upper. (Web site)
  3. Hipped. A hipped (or hip) roof slopes down to the eaves on all four sides.
  4. Hip: the external angle formed by inclined planes from all four sides of a roof.

Mansard Roof

  1. Mansard roof — A roof with two sloping planes of different pitch on each of its four sides.
  2. Mansard Roof: A roof which rises by inclined planes from all four sides of a building. (Web site)
  3. Mansard roof: A type of roof containing two sloping planes of different pitch on each of four sides.
  4. Mansard roof - A roof with two sloping planes of different pitch on each of its four sides.
  5. MANSARD ROOF - A roof which rises by inclined planes from all four sides of a building. (Web site)

Roof Coverings

  2. Roofs and roof coverings shall be of materials that are compatible with each other and with the building or structure to which the materials are applied. (Web site)
  3. The most commonly used roof coverings are shingle, tile and metal.
  4. The shingles and roof coverings are usually made from sheet metal, used to increase the life of a roof covering. (Web site)

Roof Covering

  1. The roof covering is the raincoat that helps to shed water from the roof of your house.
  2. Rafter: A sloping roof member that supports the roof covering which extends from the ridge or the hip of the roof to the eaves.
  3. Base flashing: That portion of the flashing attached to or resting on the deck to direct the flow of water onto the roof covering. (Web site)


  1. These are for the support of the roof rafters, which, of course, run from the plate, or lintel, to the ridge, or peak, of the roof.
  2. Fascia (or Facia) A horizontal board that is nailed vertically to the ends of roof rafters: sometimes supports a gutter. (Web site)
  3. Roof sheathing or sheeting - The wood panels or sheet material fastened to the roof rafters or trusses on which the shingle or other roof covering is laid.

Hip Roof

  1. Hip roof - A type of roof formed by sloping roof planes on all four sides, with no gables.
  2. Hip Roof - A roof which rises by inclined planes from all four sides of a building. (Web site)
  3. Hip Roof: A roof that is formed by sloping planes from all four sides.

Roof Flashing

  1. Raggle Block: A specially designed masonry block having a slot or opening into which the top edge of the roof flashing is inserted and anchored.
  2. In the process of the installation, we discovered that water had leaked behind the roof flashing of an exterior wall and was pouring into the crawl space.
  3. The absence of roof flashing around a chimney is a significant defect, likely to promote leakage.
  4. RAGGLE BLOCK - A specially designed masonry block having a slot or opening into which the top edge of the roof flashing is inserted and anchored.
  5. Examine all roof flashing and the flashing around chimneys, vent stacks, roof edges, dormers, and skylights.


  1. A. You should always replace your wall, chimney, skylight, valley, plumbing pipe boot and any other flashings when installing a new roof. (Web site)
  2. Flashings - Components that make a watertight seal between the field of a roof and walls or penetrations.
  3. Broken slates, worn flashings, rotted sheathing boards, or any element of the roof can be removed and replaced without the need to replace the entire roof. (Web site)
  4. The purpose of flashings is to prevent the entry of water at areas on a roof where two components join together or intersect (i.e.


  1. If you're collecting dripping water in a pot beneath your roof, you may want to inspect the roof flashing.
  2. The most common locations for roof flashing are at valleys, chimneys, roof penetrations, eaves, rakes, skylights, ridges, and roof-to-wall intersections. (Web site)
  3. Always check the roof flashing and the condition of the shingles whenever you clean your gutters.
  4. To prevent leaks and seepage of water in your roof it is very important to install roof flashing. (Web site)
  5. Ideally speaking you must install roof flashing at all places where there is any type of penetration in the roof or where two different surfaces meet. (Web site)


  1. Flashing - Materials used to waterproof a roof along intersections of walls, chimneys or dormers with the roof deck.
  2. Step Flashing: individual pieces of material used to flash walls, around chimneys, dormers, and such projections along the slope of a roof. (Web site)
  3. Flashing is the metal or vinyl edging that is placed along roof intersections, dormers, chimneys, vent pipes and edges of the roof.


  1. Flashings should be used in all areas in which the roof abuts a vertical wall, dormer, chimney, skylight or other structural protrusion. (Web site)
  2. Ridge: The horizontal external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping sides of a roof at the highest point of the roof, hip or dormer.
  3. Ridge - The horizontal line where two opposite sloping sides of a roof join at the highest point of the roof, hip, or dormer. (Web site)

Roof Systems

  1. Adherence between plies of felt, or between felts and other elements of roof systems, which use bitumen or other materials as the cementing agent.
  2. It is advisable to upgrade your underlayment to a #30 felt or possibly two layers for roof systems such as tile applications. (Web site)
  3. These roof systems are commonly referred to as "tar and gravel" roofs. (Web site)

Roof System

  1. They also look for signs of damage to flashings and seams; debris on the roof; and, in general, signs of water entry or seepage beneath the roof system. (Web site)
  2. To be sure if you need a new roof and to ensure that the roof system installed will be appropriate for your home, call in a qualified professional roofer.
  3. Roof sheathing is attached to the roof framing, trusses or rafters, and provides the nail base for the other components of the roof system. (Web site)
  4. A roof system is designed to shed water, but it takes the right materials and careful workmanship to build a roof that is durable and leak proof. (Web site)

Roof Membranes

  1. Spud: The removal of gravel or heavy accumulations of bitumen from roof membranes by means of chipping or scraping.
  2. Tie-Off: A watertight seal used to terminate roof membranes at system adjuncts, terminations, flashings, or substrates.
  3. These protect the roof membrane, increase frictional resistance and enable the anchor to be used on all roof membranes, even in wet weather. (Web site)

Roof Membrane

  1. The EFVM layer is basically a thin foil-faced sheet that is placed between the insulation and the roof membrane, and grounded to the roof drains. (Web site)
  2. Mopping: an application of hot bitumen applied to the substrate or to the felts of a built up roof membrane with a mop or mechanical applicator.
  3. Roof Assembly - A roof deck, vapor retarder, insulation and roof membrane.
  4. In some applications, the roof membrane may be subjected to large wind forces causing the membrane to tend to pull away from the surface of the roof.


  1. Take the result times 2 for the total square footage for both sides of a gable roof, then divide by 32 to get the amount of plywood to sheet the roof. (Web site)
  2. A hip, or hipped, roof (4) is a gable roof that has sloped instead of vertical ends.
  3. Similar to a gable roof, only has a pitch change from steep at the eaves to a lesser slope approximately mid-point between the eave and ridge. (Web site)
  4. Shed roof is another popular roof type which is essentially half the gable roof, and has only one roof section or plane, and no real “ridge”.

Gable Roof

  1. Gable Roof - A roof that consists of two sloping planes that meet at the ridge or peak.
  2. A gable roof has a ridge line from which the two sides of the roof extend; the gables are at each end. (Web site)
  4. Gable The triangular wall beneath the end of a gable roof; the vertical triangular end of a building from the eaves to the apex of the roof.
  5. GABLE ROOF - A type of roof containing two sloping planes of the same pitch on each side of the ridge. (Web site)

Drip Edge

  1. Drip edge is a flashing that goes around the perimeter of a roof before the shingles go down. (Web site)
  2. Drip Edge - Edging that is placed at the end of the roof (end of the eaves) used to allow water to run-off and drip clear of underlying construction.
  3. For clarification, a drip edge is a modified L-shaped flashing used along the eaves and rakes of a roof. (Web site)
  4. When water runs down the roof and reaches the drip edge, the droplets drop away from the home, instead of curling under the edge and entering the soffit.
  5. A drip edge is a metal edge that is installed along the edge of the roof to prevent the water from blowing underneath the shingles.

Roof Sheathing

  1. Rafter Rafters are the structural members that support the roof sheathing to which the outer covering of the roof (shingles, etc.) is attached. (Web site)
  2. The roofing underlayment has to completely cover the roof; otherwise, the roof sheathing will be exposed to the elements.
  3. DRIP EDGE: A piece of metal placed over the building or home 's roof sheathing at the perimeter to deflect water away from the sheathing and fascia board. (Web site)
  4. Soffit Vent An opening under the eaves of a roof used to allow air to flow into the attic or the space below the roof sheathing.

Roof Eaves

  1. Winter weather may cause snow and ice to accumulate at roof eaves.
  2. This self-adhering, polymer-modified bituminous sheet material is designed for special flashing applications along roof eaves and in other areas. (Web site)
  3. In residential building practice, this function is handled by projecting gable ends, roof eaves and gutters. (Web site)
  4. This means that in most cases, a roofing contractor will install a 3′ wide roll of ice and water along roof eaves, and shingle over them. (Web site)


  1. Gable: The triangular portion of the endwall from the level of the eave to the ridge of the roof. (Web site)
  2. Eave: The line along the sidewall formed by the intersection of the planes of the roof and wall.
  3. Gutters A Gutter is a light gauge channel member that is connected at the eave, valley, or parapet of a roof.


  1. Drip edges are strips of flashing material that run along roof eaves and rakes to prevent water from seeping under the finished roof along its edges. (Web site)
  3. Ice dams usually develop along roof eaves, above the plateline of exterior walls. (Web site)
  4. A drip edge is used along eaves (overhang) and rakes (gable ends) of the roof to direct runoff water into the gutters and away from the fascia.
  5. A drip edge is just a modified L-shaped piece of flashing that can be installed along the eaves and rakes of a roof to direct runoff water into the gutters. (Web site)


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