TERMS & DEFINITION

Question 1

BUTT

Answer 1

THE LARGER EXPOSED END OF SHINGLE

Question 2

DECK

Answer 2

PLYWOOD OR OSB SHEATHING USED AS A BASE FOR SECUREING ROOFING MATERIALS.

Question 3

DRIP EDGE

Answer 3

AN L SHAPED METAL STRIP POSITIONED ALONG A ROOFS EDGES TO ALLOW WATER TO RUN OFF ROOF WITHOUT RUNNING DOWN EAVES OR SIDING.

Question 4

EAVE

Answer 4

ON A SLOPED ROOF, THE HORIZONTAL UNDERSIDE THAT PROJECTS OUT FROM HOUSE WALL.

Question 5

EXPOSURE

Answer 5

THE PART OF A SHINGLE THAT IS EXPOSED TO THE WEATHER USUALLY LESS THAN HALF ITS ACTUAL LENGTH.

Question 6

FELT OR UNDERLAYMENT

Answer 6

ASPHALT IMPREGNATED ROOFING PAPER THAT CREATES A SECONDARY, WATERTIGHT BARRIER BETWEEN MANY ROOFING PRODUCTS AND THE ROOF DECK.

Question 7

FLASHING

Answer 7

METAL PIECES THAT KEEP WATER FROM SEEPING INTO INTERSECTION SUCH AS VALLEY’S OR JOINTS AT VERTICAL WALLS OR AROUND ROOF PENETRATION SUCH AS CHIMNEYS OR VENT PIPES.

Question 8

PITCH

Answer 8

ROOF SLOPE EXPRESSED AS THE RATIO OF A ROOFS RISE TO EACH FOOT OF RUN.

Question 9

RAFTERS

Answer 9

THE FRAMEWORK THAT SUPPORTS THE ROOF DECK AND ROOFING. ON A SLOPED ROOF THESE ARE THE ANGLED TIMBERS ON THE UNDERSIDE.

Question 10

RAKE

Answer 10

THE SLOPED EDGE OF A ROOF OVER A WALL.

Question 11

RIDGE

Answer 11

THE PEAK WHERE TWO SLOPED ROOF SECTIONS MEET.

Question 12

SQUARE

Answer 12

A MEASUREMENT OF ROOF AREA THAT EQUALS 100 SQUARE FEET. 10’X10’

Question 13

VALLEY

Answer 13

THE ANGLE FORMED WHERE TWO SLOPING ROOF SURFACES INTERSECT.