Parts Of A Shingle Roof

Here s a closer look at several other components of your rooftop system.

Parts of a shingle roof.

Flashing if you have vent pipes chimneys or valleys on your roof you need to protect them and seal them against. Roof shingles may deteriorate faster and need to repel more water than wall shingles. Roof covering typically of flat and rectangular shapes and made of various materials such as slate wood flagstone plastic metal and composite materials. This intersection creates the highest point on a roof sometimes referred to as the peak.

Shingles are made of various materials such as wood slate flagstone metal plastic and composite materials such as fibre cement and asphalt shingles. Fiber glass mat is produced from a uniform dispersion of very fine glass fibers and a binder that holds them together. Gutter and downspout the key role of a roof is to protect your house from water and to make that. Hip and ridge shingles are specifically designed for this part of a roof.

It is the structural base of the shingle which carries the shingle through the manufacturing process and provides the majority of reinforcement properties needed for good performance and long life. The roof ridge or ridge of a roof is the horizontal line running the length of the roof where the two roof planes meet.