Rafters these are wooden beams that run from the top of the roof to the bottom.
Parts of a tile roof.
Roofs come in all sorts of shapes and sizes but you only need to know a handful of terms to describe their essential architectural features.
Decking or sheathing usually made from 1 2 inch plywood the decking closes and reinforces the roof structure and provides a nailbed for the shingles.
Increasingly popular with designers architects and home buyers a flat tile roof offers a crisp clean appearance that perfectly complements both traditional and modern architecture.
All the boards running along the edge of the roof or eaves.
A composite decking made of solid materials.
It resembles real wood and particularly strong and stable for bearing heavy load.
Roof edge or eaves edge all the boards running along the edge of the roof or eaves.
The rafters when combined together help to form the truss.
Also known as a fascia.
Hip this is an external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
The architectural parts of a pitched roof.
The rafters and trusses are connected to the ridge board for a cohesive framework.
Truss the truss is a framework comprised of wooden beams that helps to support the roof.
This is the surface of the roof.
The v cut angle along the junction of two slopes of a roof.
Usually made from 1 2 inch plywood the decking closes and reinforces the roof structure and provides a nailbed for the shingles.
A horizontal timber or metal resting at the peak of the roof.
Flat concrete roof tiles refer to a variety of profiles completely lacking in any barrels or rolls.
These are the parts of a house s roof.