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2. Roof shingle - Wikipedia

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   Shingles historically were called tiles, and shingle was a term applied to wood shingles, [1] as is still mostly the case outside the US. 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.

3. Flashing (weatherproofing) - Wikipedia

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   Before the availability of sheet products for flashing, builders used creative methods to minimize water penetration. These methods included angling roof shingles away from the joint, placing chimneys at the ridge, building steps into the sides of chimneys to throw off water, and covering the seams between roofing materials with mortar flaunching.

4. Roof tiles - Wikipedia

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   Ridge pieces on roof in Heidelberg, Germany. Ridge pieces are laid upon the very top ridge of a roof, where the planes of a pitched roof meet. This section is usually parallel to the ground beneath. The tiles which cover this section of the roof have to direct water away from the top of the ridge and onto either side of the pitched roof below. [65]

5. Asphalt shingle - Wikipedia

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   Asphalt shingles on a home in Avalon, New Jersey. Two types of base materials are used to make asphalt shingles, organic and fiberglass.Both are made in a similar manner, with an asphalt-saturated base covered on one or both sides with asphalt or modified-asphalt, the exposed surface impregnated with slate, schist, quartz, vitrified brick, stone, [6] or ceramic granules, and the under-side ...

6. If you own a home, the LA wildfires are trying to tell you ...

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   Metal roofs are preferable to classic shingles. The house Eliason referred to has many of these features: stucco finishes, a metal roof, tempered windows, no roof vents or eaves on its sides.

7. Domestic roof construction - Wikipedia

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   This is why UK Building Regulations require roofs to be ventilated, either by the use of soffit vents, ridge vents, or replacement ventilation slates or tiles. [7] A common method of ventilating a roof is to make openings in the soffit and ridge to allow natural air flow. This example also has ventilated exterior walls called rainscreen ...