Hip Roof Terminology

Triangular upper part of wall at the end of a ridge roof hipped roof.

Hip roof terminology.

A low slope or flat seeming roof covered with alternating layers of roofing felt and hot mapped asphalt and topped off with a layer of gravel. In our rafter type sketch above the hip rafters are drawn in blue. Figure 2 2 roof framing terms. Cement mortar filler on top of a chimney stack at the base of chimney pots or protruding flues.

The amount of moisture contained in the atmosphere. These are short spars that run from a hip to the eves or from a ridge to a valley. Includes illustrations that show roofs have hip rafters ridge boards jack rafters and more. Here is a closer look at common roofing terms.

Definition of hip rafter. A square hip roof is shaped like a pyramid. Tile roof a ridge tile that is rounded on one end to a closure. Thus a hipped roof house has no gables or other vertical sides to the roof.

An introduction to common roofing terms roofing styles. Used as the very first tile at the bottom of a hip. If the unit of rise in inches is 3 then the cut is. Margin the exposed area of a slate or tile usually the minimum is quoted by the manufacturer supplier and may vary for a given slate tile depending on slope of the roof and exposure although a different meaning the measurement is the same as the gauge.

Hip end a sloping end to a pitched roof which is covered with slates or tiles. A term used to describe a pitched roof the ends of which are also sloped. A rafter that runs diagonally between the roof ridge and the top of the wall plate forming a hipped roof. When repairing or replacing a roof it pays to be familiar with these terms.

A roof that rises by inclined planes to form one or more hips. 1 8 pitch is given so 24 x 1 8 equals 3 or unit of rise in inches. A roof dormer may be gabled as in our sketch above or it may be a low slope or flat roof. The roofer s term for hot bitumen.

Roof framing involves a lexicon all its own. Hip the hip roof has four sloping sides. Hip gable and shed. Hot or hot stuff.

A roof that has slopes on all four sides is known as a hip roof. It is the strongest type of roof because it is braced by four hip rafters. A mechanical lifting device. A type of roof containing sloping planes of the same pitch on each of four sides.

The inclined external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes. Below are some commonly used terms that identify parts of a roof and types of roofing. Notice that the hip rafter forms what. These hip rafters run at a 45 angle from each corner of.