Roof Tile Glossary

More recently a roof truss means a prefabricated structural timber.

Roof tile glossary.

The apex of two slopes on a pitched roof. Usually measured from the butt of one shingle to the butt of the next overlapping shingles. Lap the overlap of surface of one roofing material to another. Eaves or top tiles.

Short tiles used in a single course to give a double course of tiling at the eaves. 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. Granite a very hard natural igneous stone that is usually stain and scratch resistant.

The overhanging lower edge of the roof. An a frame ceiling can be open to the top rafters. Accessory a concrete or terracotta product used to finish the roof. The tile is fired in a kiln at approximately 2 000 degrees.

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. A purpose designed tile that covers the ridge of a pitched roof. Quite common until the 1920 s the function of a roof truss is to support the purlins. Exposure the portion of the shingle that is exposed to the weather.

Abutment where the roof meets a structure rising above the roof. Sometimes found in very large buildings where big rooms resulted in few load bearing walls.