It is a device used on the gabble roof or soffit to provide ventilation to the underside of the roof deck.
Parts of a roof labeled.
Flashing if you have vent pipes chimneys or valleys on your roof you need to protect them and seal them against.
A hip roof is a roof where the ends are also sloped.
Gutters are vents that carry away the trickled rainwater.
Gutter and downspout the key role of a roof is to protect your house from water and to make that.
The rake of the roof is the part that ends over a gable end.
It is the lower part of the roof that extends beyond the side of the house.
Parts of a roof decking or sheathing roof edge or eaves edge attic saddle ridge valley underlay membrane eaves membrane underlay membrane drip edge roof vents deflector plumbing vent flashing joint covers shingles.
It resembles real wood and particularly strong and stable for bearing heavy load.
The entire roof frame is covered in a thin piece of wood called decking or roof sheathing.
Rake is an inclined edge of a roof on top of a wall.
Parts of the roof s edge.
Decking is supported by the roof frame and the layers of a roof which we cover below and all rest on top of the decking.
The home above has 2 gables one on each end of the home.
A horizontal timber or metal resting at the peak of the roof.
Now let s look at the parts of a slightly different roof type.
The rafters and trusses are connected to the ridge board for a cohesive framework.
The a shaped side wall of the home that forms the peak of the roof is called the gable.