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  2. Roof pitch - Wikipedia

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    Display of roof pitches 1:12 through 18:12 A roof made of thatch, one of the oldest roofing materials, needs a steep pitch to drain properly Some types of stone roof have a very restrictive roof pitch, which can lead to leaking Working on roofs with pitches too steep for safety requires a staging of scaffolding boards secured with roof brackets A pitch gauge measuring the slope of an asphalt ...

  3. List of roof shapes - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Domestic roof construction - Wikipedia

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    Section view through a house roof drawing showing names for parts of the structure. [clarification needed] (UK and Australia). Ctrs. means centers, a typical line to which carpenters layout framing. Domestic roof construction is the framing and roof covering which is found on most detached houses in cold and temperate climates. [1]

  5. Daylighting (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    A roof lantern is a daylighting cupola that sits above a roof, as opposed to a skylight which is fitted into a roof's construction. Roof lanterns serve as both an architectural feature and a method of introducing natural light into a space, and are typically wooden or metal structures with a number of glazed glass panels.

  6. Mansard roof - Wikipedia

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    A mansard roof on the Château de Dampierre, by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, great-nephew of François Mansart. A mansard or mansard roof (also called French roof or curb roof) is a multi-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterised by two slopes on each of its sides, with the lower slope at a steeper angle than the upper, and often punctured by dormer windows.

  7. 21 Gingerbread House Decorating Ideas, From Coconut Snow to ...

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    Trim house eaves with thick rods. Lay slim pretzel sticks side by side, and glue them together with royal icing to create a fence. Waffled pretzels make great doors and shutters, and they can even ...

  8. Narcissists maintain control through ‘bright siding.’ Here’s ...

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    "Try to see the good in people." "Come on − he can't be that bad." "You should be grateful to even be in a relationship.". If you've heard these phrases before, chances are you've been "bright ...

  9. Purlin - Wikipedia

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    A view of a roof using common purlin framing. The purlins are marked in red. This view is from the inside of the building, below the roof. The rafters are the beams of wood angled upward from the ground. They meet at the top of the gable at a ridge beam, which has extra bracing to attach it to the rafters.