Roof Tile Glossary

A single course of short tiles is also used both sides of the ridge.

Roof tile glossary.

The apex of two slopes on a pitched roof. Sometimes found in very large buildings where big rooms resulted in few load bearing walls. More recently a roof truss means a prefabricated structural timber. Incudes apex ridge and barge tiles.

Usually measured from the butt of one shingle to the butt of the next overlapping shingles. Granite a very hard natural igneous stone that is usually stain and scratch resistant. Eaves or top tiles. Accessory a concrete or terracotta product used to finish the roof.

An architectural house style featuring steeply angled sides roofline that usually begin at or near the foundation line and meet at the top in the shape of the letter a. A purpose designed tile that covers the ridge of a pitched roof. The glazing process defines the color and surface texture and produces a hard non porous impermeable tile with a water absorption rate of 0 5 or less. An a frame ceiling can be open to the top rafters.

Abutment where the roof meets a structure rising above the roof. The tile is fired in a kiln at approximately 2 000 degrees. Exposure the portion of the shingle that is exposed to the weather. Eave the horizontal edge of a roof that projects over the outside wall.

Tile covering the apex. The overhanging lower edge of the roof.