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| ASPHALT:
Tar or similar bituminous solid substance. A natural material,
that can be mixed with rock for paving, or applied as water
proofing, to various papers, felts, and sealant products. |
| BATTEN:
Cedar or redwood board, 3/4" thick, 2" wide, 4' long.
Nailed to roof deck to hold certain kinds of tile. |
| BITUMEN:
Natural substances such as asphalt or maltha, which consist
mainly of hydrocarbons. |
| BUNDLE:
A package of roofing shingles, ie: a bundle of shakes, a bundle
of composition shingles. Used as a unit of measure. 3 bundles
to a square - 5 bundles to a square. |
| BURNOUT:
Used to describe the effect the sun will have on exposed felt.
Usually in relation to a hole in a shake roof, ie: The sun caused
a burnout between shakes and it leaked. |
| CAULKING:
Adhesive used to fill in small areas against water. Ie: Around
windows in a long bead so water won't leak in. Sold in tubes,
and applied by pressure. Normally by hand with a 'caulking gun'. |
| DECK:
This is the actual surface on which the roofing will be applied.
Usually plywood (3/8" - 1") or 1"x4" or
larger boards. |
| EAVE:
This is the lower, overhanging part of your roof. Typically
down where the gutter is located is called the eaveline. |
| EXPOSURE:
Used to describe the amount of each row of roofing, not covered
by the above row. |
| FELT:
Paper, matted together by pressure and impregnated with asphalt
to make waterproof. |
| FIRE
RATING: Measurement used by independent
labs to determine resistance to fire. |
| FLASHING:
Commonly any metal used on a roof to cover pipes, walls, skylights,
chimney, or valleys. Can be waterproof paper used around windows. |
| HIP:
The angled line formed at the juncture of two sloped sides,
ie: A pryamid would have four hips. Where each of two sides
would meet. |
| HIP
AND RIDGE: This describes the material
used to cover the hip or ridge areas. Know also as trim pieces. |
| MASTIC:
Asphalt based sealant. Troweled, or applied by hand using rubber
gloves. Other trades have other types of mastic products. |
| MODIFIED-BITUMEN:
Roofing material sold in rolls, usually applied by heating with
a propane torch. |
| NOSING:
Metal edging of various widths but normally 10' long. Used along
the eaves and up the rakes to cover plywood, other layers of
roofing, or just to give a nice clean look, especially when
painted. Nailed to deck, or on top of new roofing in high wind
areas. |
| PLY:
Refers to layers of roofing applied. |
| RAFTERS:
The supports that hold up the roof and where the deck material
would be nailed. |
| RAKE:
The sloped ends of framed gable sides. |
| RESHEETING:
Commonly means covering existing roof deck with a new layer
of plywood. |
| RESUPPORT:
Installing support for a heavy roofing material such as tile. |
RIDGE:
The horizontal line where the tops of roofing rafters meet.
Also used to represent the material used to cover this area.
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| STEPSHINGLE:
A metal flashing in a ' L ' shape, used to tie roofing into
walls, skylights, chimineys, etc. |
| STRONGBACK:
A support used in attics to distribute weight. |
| TIN
SHINGLE: Thin metal rectangles about
4x8 inches. |
| TURBINE:
Air flow device used to ventilate attic areas. Mounted on the
roof and driven by the wind. |
| VALLEY:
Depression angle created when two sloped areas meet. |
| VALLEY
METAL: Sheet metal used to cover valley
areas of the roof. |
| WET/DRY-WET
PATCH: Type of mastic that can be
used on wet or dry surfaces. |
| WHIRLYBIRD:
See turbine. |
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