The overhanging lower edge of the roof.
Roof tile glossary.
Accessory a concrete or terracotta product used to finish the roof.
Tile covering the apex.
Quite common until the 1920 s the function of a roof truss is to support the purlins.
Short tiles used in a single course to give a double course of tiling at the eaves.
A single course of short tiles is also used both sides of the ridge.
Eave the horizontal edge of a roof that projects over the outside wall.
Sometimes found in very large buildings where big rooms resulted in few load bearing walls.
The apex of two slopes on a pitched roof.
Incudes apex ridge and barge tiles.
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.
Abutment where the roof meets a structure rising above 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.
Exposure the portion of the shingle that is exposed to the weather.
A purpose designed tile that covers the ridge of a pitched roof.
The tile is fired in a kiln at approximately 2 000 degrees.
Granite a very hard natural igneous stone that is usually stain and scratch resistant.
Eaves or top tiles.
Usually measured from the butt of one shingle to the butt of the next overlapping shingles.