However the attic section should be ventilated according to the same standards as those for ordinary attic roofs.
Portion of house sticking out along roof.
It is possible to add air intake vents along the base of the upper part.
A horizontal timber or metal resting at the peak of the roof the rafters and trusses are connected to the ridge board for a cohesive framework.
The construction of a typical roof overhang eave or soffit is shown in our sketch.
Portion of the roof that extends out beyond the sidewalls of the house.
Direct water away from fascia.
A long narrow passage inside a building with doors along it leading to rooms.
Enfilade photo by keller keller.
The roof primary structure.
An area of a room that sticks out from the main walls of a house and usually contains a window.
It appears when natural salts in the materials leach out and crystallize.
Efflorescence photo by nancy andrews.
This occurs on pitched roofs with sloping planes that join along their.
Ridge the top peak of a gable roof running horizontally where two sloping sides meet.
Hip a downward sloping junction of the roof where sloping sides meet.
Step flashing flashing that is laid in strips under each shingle and bent up the edge of a chimney or wall.
A composite decking made of solid materials it resembles real wood and particularly strong and stable for bearing heavy load.
Drip edges have two key purposes.
Synthetic shingles shingles made of metal wood fiber portland cement with fibers and polymer.
A part of a building that sticks out from the main part especially one with a particular purpose.
Due to cohesion surface tension and other forces water droplets tend to stick to one another and to the surfaces they are on albeit slightly.
Gable the triangular part of a wall where roof pitches meet and come to a peak.
Roof sheathing or roof decking.
Mansard roof or gambrel roof the lower part of the roof does not need to be ventilated.
The weathering on exposed bricks or stones that looks white and powdery.
The soffit is the enclosed portion of the roof that overhangs the house walls at the roof lower edges.
Square one hundred square feet of roof.
See wood roof sheathing underlayment also see insulation inspection improvement.