- Rake Edge – The vertical edge of gable style roof planes.
- Gable Roof – Traditional roof style; two peaked roof planes meeting at a ridge line of equal size.
- Drip Edge – An installed lip that keeps shingles up off the deck at edges, and extends shingles out over eaves and gutters, and prevents.
- Gable Roof – Traditional roof style; two peaked roof planes meeting at a ridge line of equal size.
- Deck – The substrate over which roofing is applied. Usually plywood, wood boards, or planks.
- Felt – Heavy construction paper coated or impregnated with tar.
- Ridge – The horizontal line formed by the juncture of two sloping planes, especially the line formed by the surfaces at the top of a roof.
- Ridge Vent – Hard plastic ridge vent material.
- Valley – Area where two adjoining sloped roof planes intersect on a roof creating a “V” shaped depression.
- Flashing – Materials used to waterproof a roof around any projections.
- Hip – The down-slope ridges on hip roofs.
- Under Eave Vent
- Eave – The roof edge from the fascia to the structure’s outside wall. In general terms, the first three feet across a roof is termed the eave.
- Waterprofing/Underlayment – Asphalt based rolled materials designed to be installed under main roofing material to serve as added protection.
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