Exposure the portion of the shingle that is exposed to the weather.
Roof tile glossary.
More recently a roof truss means a prefabricated structural timber.
Accessory a concrete or terracotta product used to finish the roof.
Abutment where the roof meets a structure rising above the roof.
Quite common until the 1920 s the function of a roof truss is to support the purlins.
An architectural house style featuring steeply angled sides roofline that usually begin at or near the foundation line and meet at the top in the shape of the letter a.
The apex of two slopes on a pitched roof.
A single course of short tiles is also used both sides of the ridge.
The glazing process defines the color and surface texture and produces a hard non porous impermeable tile with a water absorption rate of 0 5 or less.
Eaves or top tiles.
A purpose designed tile that covers the ridge of a pitched roof.
The tile is fired in a kiln at approximately 2 000 degrees.
Tile covering the apex.
Incudes apex ridge and barge tiles.
An a frame ceiling can be open to the top rafters.
Lap the overlap of surface of one roofing material to another.
The overhanging lower edge of the roof.
Granite a very hard natural igneous stone that is usually stain and scratch resistant.
Sometimes found in very large buildings where big rooms resulted in few load bearing walls.