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  2. Reflective surfaces (climate engineering) - Wikipedia

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    Reflective surfaces, or ground-based albedo modification (GBAM), is a solar radiation management method of enhancing Earth's albedo (the ability to reflect the visible, infrared, and ultraviolet wavelengths of the Sun, reducing heat transfer to the surface). The IPCC described this method as "whitening roofs, changes in land use management (e.g ...

  3. Domestic roof construction - Wikipedia

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    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] Such roofs are built with mostly timber, take a number of different shapes, and are covered with a variety of materials.

  4. Rafter - Wikipedia

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    Coyau or sprocket. Labeled A. A rafter is one of a series of sloped structural members such as steel beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the wall plate, downslope perimeter or eave, and that are designed to support the roof shingles, roof deck, roof covering and its associated loads. [2] A pair of rafters is called a couple.

  5. Wood shingle - Wikipedia

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    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 being cut ...

  6. Asphalt shingle - Wikipedia

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    Asphalt shingles are an American invention by Henry Reynolds of Grand Rapids, Michigan. [2] They were first used in 1903, in general use in parts of the United States by 1911 and by 1939 11 million squares (100 million square meters) of shingles were being produced. [3] A U.S. National Board of Fire Underwriters campaign to eliminate the use of ...

  7. Roof pitch - Wikipedia

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    Roof pitch. Roof pitch is the steepness of a roof expressed as a ratio of inch (es) rise per horizontal foot (or their metric equivalent), or as the angle in degrees its surface deviates from the horizontal. A flat roof has a pitch of zero in either instance; all other roofs are pitched. A roof that rises 3 inches per foot, for example, would ...

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