Roof Tile Glossary

The tile is fired in a kiln at approximately 2 000 degrees.

Roof tile glossary.

More recently a roof truss means a prefabricated structural timber. Eave the horizontal edge of a roof that projects over the outside wall. The overhanging lower edge of the roof. Short tiles used in a single course to give a double course of tiling at the eaves.

The apex of two slopes on a pitched roof. Tile covering the apex. Exposure the portion of the shingle that is exposed to the weather. 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. Granite a very hard natural igneous stone that is usually stain and scratch resistant. Accessory a concrete or terracotta product used to finish the roof. 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.

Lap the overlap of surface of one roofing material to another. An a frame ceiling can be open to the top rafters. A purpose designed tile that covers the ridge of a pitched roof. 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.

Sometimes found in very large buildings where big rooms resulted in few load bearing walls. Usually measured from the butt of one shingle to the butt of the next overlapping shingles.