Pitched Roof Terminology

A 4 in 12 pitch means the roof rises 4 inches for every 12 inches of horizontal distance.

Pitched roof terminology.

The sloped side of a roof with a peaked top. The same with protections from falling such as a balustrade parapet walls or. Hip end a sloping end to a pitched roof which is covered with slates or tiles. Hip and ridge cap shingles.

Horizontal line at the top of the roof. Pitched roofs are constructed in two ways. A hip roof is a roof where the ends are also sloped. A method of interlocking metal usually at a slope change.

A structure located behind the higher side of a chimney or similar projections from the roof to divert rainwater around it. The anatomy of a residential pitched roof traditional or 3 tab shingles. Roof terrace including roof garden. The v cut angle along the junction of two slopes of a roof.

The gable end is replaced by a hip end. Also referred to as pitch. The rafter length is 3 4 the span about 48. Mono pitched roofs pitched here means 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. All four sides slope downwards and are all equal in length to form a ridge at the top of the roof. Solar reflective and thermal emissive shingles. The ridge height is 1 9 to 1 7th the span an angle of 12 5 to 16.

Sloped diagonal ridge between 2 sections of roof is called the hip ridge. Also notice that a hip roof still has a ridge and eaves as do all peaked roofs. The rafters equal the span. Modern materials which are highly.

The number of inched of vertical rise in a roof per 12 inches of horizontal distance. The boards that enclose the underside of that portion of the roof which extends out beyond the sidewalls of the house. 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. Laminate or architectural shingles.

The ridge height is 2 9ths to 1 3 the span an angle of 24 to 34. 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.