Hot roof is a completely sealed not vented attic the entire interior of which is often sprayed with closed cell urethane foam insulation.
Roof parts glossary.
Below are some commonly used terms that identify parts of a roof and types of roofing.
Hip roof is a type of roof containing sloping planes on each side.
Water worn gravel or marble chips used for surfacing and or ballasting a roof system.
Class a fire resistance.
A low slope or flat seeming roof covered with alternating layers of roofing felt and hot mapped asphalt and topped off with a layer of gravel.
Essentially the spine of a conventional stick framed roof the ridge board is sandwiched between the meeting ends of the roof rafters.
This layer covers the rafters and is beneath the shingles and membrane layers.
The ridge is the peak where two sloped roof sections meet.
Eaves the area just below the lower end of the roof includes the fascia soffit and guttering.
A mineral surfaced material that is used by itself or as the top layer of multi layer rolled roof covering system.
Roofing glossary of terms a list of all common roofing terms and words with detailed definitions and explanations for each.
Part of a roof s frame a ridge board runs horizontally along the peak of a sloped roof.
Fascia the vertical board secured to the ends of the rafters under the lower end of the roof to which the guttering is normally fixed traditionally timber nowadays usually upvc.
A structure located behind the higher side of a chimney or similar projections from the roof to divert rainwater around it.
Horizontal line at the top of the roof.
Other parts of the roof are nailed to this later.
Dormer a vertical window built into the slope of a pitched roof.
The v cut angle along the junction of two slopes of a roof.
The portion of the roof projecting out from the side walls of the house.
Sheathings are panels that envelope the rafters.
This can also be a conditioned space.
See asphalt roof cement.
Other components such as metal panels or shingles are attached to the sheathing later.
Sheathing is a layer used as the base of the roof.