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  2. Wood shingle - Wikipedia

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    Wood shingles Fiber cement siding and shake shingles under the gable roof. Wood shingles are thin, tapered pieces of wood primarily used to cover roofs and walls of buildings to protect them from the weather. Historically shingles, also known as shakes, were split from straight grained, knot free bolts of wood. Today shingles are mostly made by ...

  3. Roof shingle - Wikipedia

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    A wood shake is often more textured, as it is split following the natural grain of the wood rather than sawn against it like the shingle. Untreated wood shingles and shakes have long been known as a fire hazard and have been banned in various places, particularly in urban areas where exterior, combustible building materials contribute to ...

  4. Siding (construction) - Wikipedia

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    Highly decorative wood-shingle siding on a house in Clatskanie, Oregon, U.S. Siding or wall cladding is the protective material attached to the exterior side of a wall of a house or other building. Along with the roof, it forms the first line of defense against the elements, most importantly sun, rain/snow, heat and cold, thus creating a stable ...

  5. Shingle - Wikipedia

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    Wood shingle. Shake (shingle), a wooden shingle that is split from a bolt, with a more rustic appearance than a sawed shingle; Quercus imbricaria, or shingle oak, a wood used for shingles; Asbestos shingle, roof or wall shingles made with asbestos-cement board; Asphalt shingle, a common residential roofing material in North America

  6. List of roof shapes - Wikipedia

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    Roof shapes include flat (or shed), gabled, hipped, arched, domed, and a wide variety of other configurations detailed below. [1]Roof angles are an integral component of roof shape, and vary from almost flat to steeply pitched.

  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 ...

  8. Owens Corning - Wikipedia

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    Warship insulation, called Navy Board, was a permanent form-board insulation covered with woven continuous fiber cloth. Owens-Corning produced a prototype boat hull constructed of fiber glass-reinforced plastic in 1944. [11] In 1945, the company worked with an automaker to produce the first fiberglas-reinforced plastic car body.

  9. Covering (construction) - Wikipedia

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    Roofers in Germany,. In construction, covering is the exterior layer of a building's roof. The covering ensures waterproofing by directing and collecting rainwater.It also provides mechanical protection against various external elements such as dust and intrusions.

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