Pitched Roof Terminology

A hip roof is a roof where the ends are also sloped.

Pitched roof terminology.

Hip end a sloping end to a pitched roof which is covered with slates or tiles. Horizontal line at the top of the roof. The anatomy of a residential pitched roof traditional or 3 tab shingles. These are found in traditional buildings in regions with a low precipitation.

The number of inched of vertical rise in a roof per 12 inches of horizontal distance. Modern materials which are highly. The ridge height is 2 9ths to 1 3 the span an angle of 24 to 34. The gable end is replaced by a hip end.

A method of interlocking metal usually at a slope change. Laminate or architectural shingles. Solar reflective and thermal emissive shingles. The rafters equal the span.

Margin the exposed area of a slate or tile usually the minimum is quoted by the manufacturer supplier and may vary for a given slate tile depending on slope of the roof and exposure although a different meaning the measurement is the same as the gauge. Hip and ridge cap shingles. The boards that enclose the underside of that portion of the roof which extends out beyond the sidewalls of the house. Roof terrace including roof garden.

The ridge height is 1 9 to 1 7th the span an angle of 12 5 to 16. A flanged open bottomed enclosure made of sheet metal or other material placed around a penetration through the roof filled with grout and bituminous or polymeric sealants to seal the area around the penetration. The v cut angle along the junction of two slopes of a roof. Also notice that a hip roof still has a ridge and eaves as do all peaked roofs.

The sloped side of a roof with a peaked top. Mono pitched roofs pitched here means a roof. Also referred to as pitch. Easily identified by their triangular shape gable roofs are generally two sided with a peak formed at the top hip.

Sloped diagonal ridge between 2 sections of roof is called the hip ridge. Commonly used roof pitches were given names such as greek. Pitched roofs are constructed in two ways. A 4 in 12 pitch means the roof rises 4 inches for every 12 inches of horizontal distance.

A structure located behind the higher side of a chimney or similar projections from the roof to divert rainwater around it. The word pitch was first used in the early 17th century to denote the highest point this referred to everything from musical sound to the height that a falcon reaches before swooping down to attack its prey.