Where Roof Ends

The triangular sloping surface formed by hips that meet at a roof s ridge is called a hip end.

Where roof ends. A gable roof with its end parapet walls below extended slightly upwards and shaped to resemble steps. A hip roof is a roof where the ends are also sloped. The degree of such an angle is referred to as the hip bevel. Sloped diagonal ridge between 2 sections of roof is called the hip ridge.

A frame half hipped clipped gable. See also roof pitch crow stepped corbie stepped stepped gable. A few definitions may make it easier for you to communicate with roofers. The rake is not exactly on the roof.

A horizontal timber or metal resting at the peak of the roof the rafters and trusses are connected to the ridge board for a cohesive framework. It is a waterproofing layer made of regular felt stacked above the solid. It is a term that describes the sloped sides of a gable end. Terms are used to break down the various areas of a roof and a rake is one of many roof sections.

The hip is the external angle at which adjacent sloping sides of a roof meet. The sloped side of a roof with a peaked top. Parts of a roof. 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.

A term used to describe a pitched roof the ends of which are also sloped and meet at an external angle. Hip end a sloping end to a pitched roof which is covered with slates or tiles. The ridge is the peak where two sloped roof sections meet. Cornice the wood or metal finishing at ends or edges.

A hip roof is self bracing requiring less diagonal bracing than a gable roof hip roofs are thus much more resistant to wind damage than gable roofs. Hip roof also called hipped roof roof that slopes upward from all sides of a structure having no vertical ends. Part of a roof s frame a ridge board runs horizontally along the peak of a sloped roof. A composite decking made of solid materials it resembles real wood and particularly strong and stable for bearing heavy load.

Roofing terminology may be difficult to understand unless you are a builder or roofer. Built up roof a low slope or flat seeming roof covered with alternating layers of roofing felt and hot mopped asphalt and topped off with a layer of gravel. Also notice that a hip roof still has a ridge and eaves as do all peaked roofs. A purpose designed tile that covers the ridge apex of a pitched roof.

The highest point of a pitched roof that receives the head of the spars also called rafters or common rafters. A combination of a gable and a hip roof pitched roof without changes to the walls with the hipped part at the top and the gable section lower down.