Peaked Roof Parts

A simple roof design shaped like an inverted v.

Peaked roof parts.

It is also called the field of the roof. This is the top or peak of the roof where two roof planes meet. The rake of the roof is the part that ends over a gable end. Rake the slanting edge of a gable roof at the end wall of the house.

A waterproofing layer that protects the roof valleys from leaking. Gable ridged dual pitched peaked saddle pack saddle saddleback span roof. The home above has 2 gables one on each end of the home. This is where two pitched roof faces connect and project inward.

The result of joining two or more gabled roof sections together forming a t or l shape for the simplest forms or any number of more complex shapes. This is the surface of the roof. A waterproofing seal installed along the roof s valley line with taktekkernbergen no. These are the parts of a house s roof.

They are always at a lower slope than the adjoining roof planes. A hip roof is a roof where the ends are also sloped. It is flat but pitched or on an angle. Rafter a structural member usually slanted to which sheathing is attached.

Ridge the horizontal line at the top edge of two sloping roof planes. The a shaped side wall of the home that forms the peak of the roof is called the gable. One of a series of diagonal members of the truss that meet at the apex in order to support the roof deck and its loads. Now let s look at the parts of a slightly different roof type.