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  2. 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 ...

  3. List of roof shapes - Wikipedia

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    Cross hipped: The result of joining two or more hip roof sections together, forming a T or L shape for the simplest forms, or any number of more complex shapes. Satari: A Swedish variant on the monitor roof; a double hip roof with a short vertical wall usually with small windows, popular from the 17th century on formal buildings.

  4. Roof tiles - Wikipedia

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    The Gilardonis' design marked a significant shift in the design of roofing tile. Prior to this tile most roofing tile profiles could be hand made without the need for large-scale machines, but the new interlocking tiles could only be produced with a tile press and were more cost effective than comparable vernacular styles.

  5. Asphalt shingle - Wikipedia

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    A shingle manufacturer's warranty may pro-rate repair costs, cover materials only, have different warranty periods for different types of damage, and transfer to another owner. [12] Three-tab asphalt shingle roofing in good condition. Shingles tend to last longer where the weather stays consistent, either consistently warm, or consistently cool.

  6. Domestic roof construction - Wikipedia

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    The covering is also a major element of the architecture, so roofing materials come in a wide variety of colors and textures. The primary roof covering [5] on houses in North America are asphalt shingles, but some have other types of roof shingles or metal roofs. Tile and thatch roofs are more common in Europe than North America.

  7. Wood shingle - Wikipedia

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    Because hand-split shingles were somewhat irregular along the split surface, it was necessary to dress or plane the shingles on a shaving horse with a drawknife or draw-shave to make them fit evenly on the roof. [2] This reworking was necessary to provide a tight-fitting roof over typically open shingle lath or sheathing boards.

  8. Owens Corning - Wikipedia

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    The Owens Corning Roofing and Asphalt Shingle Recycling Program was launched in 2009 to keep shingles out of landfills. [37] In 2013, Constellation Energy built a 2.7-megawatt solar power system at an Owens Corning insulation plant in Delmar, New York. The power system, which is leased to Owens Corning, can produce 3.3 million kilowatt hours of ...

  9. Traditional Korean roof construction - Wikipedia

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    Chogajibung (초가지붕 a straw roof) is made with byeotjip (rice straw), eulalia or reed, but generally made with byeotjip. Byeotjip protects residents from the sun in summer and keeps them warm in winter, because it is empty inside. Moreover, rain falls down well and hardly soaks through a roof because it has a relatively smooth surface.

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