Fairview Folkestone Roofing Terminology and Roof Types
Before beginning your Fairview Folkestone Roofing project, it helps to know your basic terminology. This will assist you in talking to other people who are working the job, as well as when trying to explain specifics to someone who might assist you at a hardware store. Overall, it is important to know your terminology and definitions. There are three main types of roof gables-side, front and crossed. Side-this type of roof has the front door on the non-peaked side of the house. Front-houses have the peak facing the front of the house above the front door. Cross-houses will have multiple sections that face various directions. Hipped houses are a variance of gabled homes. Although they have a peak, the ends slant in to form a bend or a wrap around the house. There are also 3 main types of this roof-simple, pyramidal, and cross hipped. Hipped-all four sides of the roof connect at the top to form ridge. The broader sides of the roof face the front of the house. Pyramidal-this hipped house has all four sides of the roof in equal size connecting at a single point on the top of the house. Cross hipped-a cross hipped roof will have multiple sections that can wrap around a house, but each section will have its own ridge. A general hip in a roof is where there is a change in direction of the roof. Two areas can meet at an angle and make a vertical fold or ridge. A valley is also a change in direction of the roof, but instead of the roof having two points meeting at their highest point, they meet at their low point and form a valley in the roof. Dormers – these are sections of the roof that face in different directions than the main roof itself. Although they are built as part of the roof, they rise up and have walls. Many times these are built for windows that are on the top level of the house. They not only provide light, support, and space, but they also help vent the highest areas of the house itself. Mansard – this is a hipped roof that has two separate pitch slopes. The lower section is slightly sloped while the upper part gets much steeper. The largest part of the roof is mainly flat. These types of roof setups are not common but have a very distinct look. Saltbox – a saltbox is a roof with asymmetrical roof faces. This means that one side of the roof will be much higher, many times an entire story higher than the other. This can help direct any sort of water or snow to a specific side of a house for easier management.
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