Pitched Roof Terminology

Horizontal line at the top of the roof.

Pitched roof terminology.

The sloped side of a roof with a peaked top. 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. A method of interlocking metal usually at a slope change. The anatomy of a residential pitched roof traditional or 3 tab shingles.

A hip roof is a roof where the ends are also sloped. 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 boards that enclose the underside of that portion of the roof which extends out beyond the sidewalls of the house. Easily identified by their triangular shape gable roofs are generally two sided with a peak formed at the top hip.

Laminate or architectural shingles. Hip end a sloping end to a pitched roof which is covered with slates or tiles. A structure located behind the higher side of a chimney or similar projections from the roof to divert rainwater around it. Roof terrace including roof garden.

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. These are found in traditional buildings in regions with a low precipitation. Modern materials which are highly. Pitched roofs are constructed in two ways.

The v cut angle along the junction of two slopes of a roof. The ridge height is 1 9 to 1 7th the span an angle of 12 5 to 16. The gable end is replaced by a hip end. The number of inched of vertical rise in a roof per 12 inches of horizontal distance.

The ridge height is 2 9ths to 1 3 the span an angle of 24 to 34. Also notice that a hip roof still has a ridge and eaves as do all peaked roofs. A 4 in 12 pitch means the roof rises 4 inches for every 12 inches of horizontal distance. Hip and ridge cap shingles.

Commonly used roof pitches were given names such as greek. Also referred to as pitch. The rafters equal the span. Mono pitched roofs pitched here means a roof.

The same with protections from falling such as a balustrade parapet walls or. All four sides slope downwards and are all equal in length to form a ridge at the top of the roof.