enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Roof shingle - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roof_shingle

   A shingle roof in Zakopane, Poland. With an area of 6000 m 2 (1½ acres), it was one of the largest wooden shingle roofs in Europe. A roof’s shingles are a roof covering consisting of individual overlapping elements. These elements are typically flat, rectangular shapes laid in courses from the bottom edge of the roof up, with each successive ...

3. Architectural metals - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architectural_metals

   Ornamental stamped metal made from tinplate was an affordable alternative to plasterwork. Although tinplate is still available today for ceilings, roofing and flashing, it is generally considered expensive since the initial cost is more than that for common modern roofing types such as asphalt shingles or built-up roofs. A well-maintained ...

4. List of commercially available roofing materials - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercially...

   Stone slabs require a very heavyweight roof structure, but their weight makes them stormproof. An obsolete roofing material, now used commercially only for building restoration. Collyweston stone slate named after the village of Collyweston; Solar shingle; Metal shakes or shingles. Long life. High cost, suitable for roofs of 3:12 pitch or greater.

5. Covering (construction) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covering_(construction)

   Roofing with large elements includes sheet metals, profiled metal or plastic trays, and corrugated fiber-cement sheets. Their waterproofing principles may involve overlapping, stapling, the application of elastomer seals, etc. Some traditional roofing materials, such as thatch or green roofs, do not fit into these two categories.

6. Metal roof - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_roof

   Metal roofs are 100% recyclable and can be made from other recycled products. Asphalt shingles are petroleum based with other chemicals making their recycling process more toxic, most shingles are not recycled and 20 billion pounds (9.1 million tonnes) are sent to landfills every year and take hundreds of years to decompose.

7. List of roof shapes - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_roof_shapes

   East Asian hip-and-gable roof; Mokoshi: A Japanese decorative pent roof; Pavilion roof : A low-pitched roof hipped equally on all sides and centered over a square or regular polygonal floor plan. [10] The sloping sides rise to a peak. For steep tower roof variants use Pyramid roof. Pyramid roof: A steep hip roof on a square building.