Parts Of A Tile Roof

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.

Parts of a tile roof.

Also known as a fascia. Roof edge or eaves edge all the boards running along the edge of the roof or eaves. These are the parts of a house s roof. Truss the truss is a framework comprised of wooden beams that helps to support the roof.

A composite decking made of solid materials. Usually made from 1 2 inch plywood the decking closes and reinforces the roof structure and provides a nailbed for the shingles. The v cut angle along the junction of two slopes of a roof. It is flat but pitched or on an angle.

All the boards running along the edge of the roof or eaves. It resembles real wood and particularly strong and stable for bearing heavy load. 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. 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.

Also known as a fascia. Hip this is an external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes. The rafters and trusses are connected to the ridge board for a cohesive framework. A horizontal timber or metal resting at the peak of the roof.

Rafters these are wooden beams that run from the top of the roof to the bottom. The rafters when combined together help to form the truss. The space under the roof.