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2. Ridge vent - Wikipedia

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   A ridge vent is a type of vent installed at the peak of a sloped roof which allows warm, humid air to escape a building's attic. Ridge vents are most common on shingled residential buildings. Ridge vents are also used in industrial warehouses to help release the hot air and help circulate comfortable air inside the building .

3. Roof shingle - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

4. Covering (construction) - Wikipedia

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   A roof covering is composed of various elements including: Roof support (beams, boards, rafters, battens, etc.) Roof underlayment (waterproof membrane, thermal insulation, etc.) Ventilation elements for the underlayment (moisture and vapor evacuation) Roof covering, visible exterior coating (tiles, slates, shingles, etc.)

5. 15 Things That Will Always Fail a Home Inspection (and ... - AOL

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   A home inspector will look for missing, curling, or crumbling shingles. Depending on its condition, or if your roof is over 20 years old, your inspector might suggest you budget for a new roof ...

6. List of roof shapes - Wikipedia

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   Bell-cast (sprocketed, flared): A roof with the shallow slope below the steeper slope at the eaves. Compare with bell roof. 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]

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 ...