Transcription of Parts of a Roof - Consumers' Checkbook
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Parts of a roof ! A few definitions may make it easier for you to communicatewith roof A low-slope (or flat-seeming) roofcovered with alternating layers of roofing felt and hot-mopped asphalt and topped off with a layer of The wood or metal finishing at ends or edgesof a building, including a fascia, frieze, or The flashing that is embedded, orattached, and sealed at its top in a wall or other verticalstructure and is lapped down over base Horizontal rows of shingles or Edge The strip of metal extending out beyondthe eaves or rakes to prevent rainwater from curlingaround the shingles back onto the wooden portion of The lower edge of a roof (often overhangingbeyond the edge of the house).
Rafter—A structural member (usually slanted) to which sheathing is attached. Rake—The slanting edge of a gable roof at the end wall ... Square—One hundred square feet of roof. Step Flashing—Flashing that is laid in strips under each shingle and bent up …
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