Roof Line Corner

Mark along the backside of the tongue.

Roof line corner.

Measure form the top of this line down the board to determine the line length or length of the rafter less the ridge board. This is the plumb cut for the roof ridge. Roof shapes differ greatly from region to region. The main factors which influence the shape of roofs are the climate and the materials available for roof structure and the outer covering.

Position the square with both the 8 inch on the outside edge of the tongue and the 12 inch on the blade on the upper edge of the board. Hip is a slope of a roof with 2 descending lines from the end of a ridge point. Water is the most insidious foe eager to penetrate your home covering s most vulnerable defenses. Usually made from 1 2 inch plywood the decking closes and reinforces the roof structure and provides a nailbed for the shingles.

Usages vary slightly from region to region or from one builder or architect to another. Also known as a fascia. In combination of roof styles a hip will connect to another part of the roof as part of the frame. They are the two most dreaded words in a homeowner s vocabulary.

Valleys the inverse of a ridge or lines that appear to go inward on a roof. And once inside the damage and destruction may be taking place far from the point of the initial attack making the initial source of a roof leak difficult to identify. Roof terminology is also not rigidly defined.