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2. Roof shingle - Wikipedia

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   Shingles are laid in courses, usually with each shingle offset from its neighbors. The first course is the starter course and the last being a ridge course or ridge slates for a slate roof. The ridge is often covered with a ridge cap, board, piece, or roll, [2] sometimes with a special ridge vent material.

3. Asphalt shingle - Wikipedia

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   A ridge cap on a 3-tab asphalt shingle roof is composed of individual shingle "tabs" folded over the ridge and nailed partially overlapping one-another. An asphalt shingle is a type of wall or roof shingle that uses asphalt for waterproofing.

4. Covering (construction) - Wikipedia

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   Roof covering, visible exterior coating (tiles, slates, shingles, etc.) Elements ensuring rainproofing and proper drainage of the roof (ridge caps, flashing, edge waterproofing elements, etc.) A water collection system (eaves) and rainwater drainage (gutters) Roof windows or skylights.

5. List of roof shapes - Wikipedia

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   Monitor roof: A roof with a monitor; 'a raised structure running part or all of the way along the ridge of a double-pitched roof, with its own roof running parallel with the main roof.' Butterfly roof (V-roof, [8] London roof [9]): A V-shaped roof resembling an open book. A kink separates the roof into two parts running towards each other at an ...

6. Metal roof - Wikipedia

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   The connection wires run under the ridge cap at the top of the roof. Efficiency ranges from 10–18% but costs only about $2.00–$3.00 per watt of installed capacity, compared to monocrystalline which is 17–22% efficient and costs $3.00–$3.50 per watt of installed capacity. Thin-film solar is light weight at 2.1–3.1 kg/m 2 (7–10 oz/sq ft

7. Roof - Wikipedia

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   The 20th century saw the manufacture of composition asphalt shingles which can last from a thin 20-year shingle to the thickest which are limited lifetime shingles, the cost depending on the thickness and durability of the shingle. When a layer of shingles wears out, they are usually stripped, along with the underlay and roofing nails, allowing ...