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8 Common Roof Types | Owens Corning Roofing
Roof Slope. The slope of your roof has both a practical and aesthetic function. Water from rain or snow, for example, tends to shed, or run off, quicker on a steep slope roof. The roof’s slope is expressed in a ratio based on the roof’s proportions. Roofing contractors may use the term 6 in 12 or use a contracted version such as 6:12 or 6/12.
Roof - Wikipedia
Roof. A roof ( pl.: roofs or rooves) is the top covering of a building, including all materials and constructions necessary to support it on the walls of the building or on uprights, providing protection against rain, snow, sunlight, extremes of temperature, and wind. [1] A roof is part of the building envelope .
The 7 Main Roof Types—and What You Need to Know About Them
A gambrel roof seeks to resolve some of the headroom issues that result from a simple gabled roof shape by breaking the pitch of a gabled roof into two separate angles. This creates a shallower angle near the ridge beam and a steeper angle that allows for more usable floor space as the roof nears the building’s exterior walls.
The Basics of Roofing - This Old House
Where two roof planes meet at an inside corner is a valley, while at an outside corner the intersection is a hip. Underlying all these roofs will be the frame, which consists either of rafters or of trusses. Ian Worpole. Rafters are cut on site from framing lumber such as 2x10s. Pre-fabricated trusses are webs of smaller, 2-by-4, members ...
14 Common Roof Types: Pros, Cons, and Costs - Angi
There are many pros to gable roofing, making it one of the most common roof types.There are four main types of gable roofs: side gable, cross gable, and dutch gable. What it is: A roof with two sloping sides.. Cost: . $7,000–$20,000. Materials: Can be done with most roofing materials, but asphalt shingles are most common.. Maintenance: Needs regular inspections and gutter cleanings to ensure ...
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