The most classic type of house roof is a gable roof which has two roof planes and a triangle topped wall at either end known as a gable wall.
Wall under roof ridge.
The ridge is the peak where two sloped roof sections meet.
And in our experience when a single piece of flashing extends only a few inches under the shingles especially on a long roof slope and worse on a roof that happens to slope slightly towards rather than away from the abutting vertical building wall the accumulated roof drainage water near the bottom end of the roof wall intersection will.
Openings along the sides allow air out of the attic cooling the space and lowering your air conditioning bill.
A variation on this is the hip roof which has no gable walls.
Essentially the spine of a conventional stick framed roof the ridge board is sandwiched between the meeting ends of the roof rafters.
Part of a roof s frame a ridge board runs horizontally along the peak of a sloped roof.
This article describes and illustrates the different types of support that prevents roof sagging and wall bulging at buildings including definitions of collar ties rafter ties and structural ridge beams.
A healthy roof is a healthy house.
Some of these can support the roof and prevent ridge sagging and wall spreading.
Venting prolongs the life of the roof.
Collar ties rafter ties tension beams structural ridge beams.
Although they don t bear the full weight load of the roof the gable end walls are also typically load bearing and an interior wall running parallel to the roof ridge in the center of the building often bears a load from the ridge.
Roofers use a circular saw to cut a long slot along the roof ridge if there isn t one then cover it with a plastic flap as shown or a flexible vinyl matrix.
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In this roof design the exterior walls on which the roof s sloping rafters rest are load bearing walls.
Instead it has an additional roof plane at each end of the central horizontal ridge.
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These 3 common questions about mobile home roofs cover some of the most popular questions and issues for both flat roofs and pitched roofs that we ve received over the years.