Shencorp Total Roofing Services knows that commercial roofing can be very overwhelming and confusing. Communication is important between the customer and the business, that’s why we want you to have all the tools you’ll need. We want to give you an inside look on the vocabulary that roofing companies use!
1. Coverage
Coverage is the amount of weather protection that you’ll get by a particular material. There can be single coverage, double, or triple coverage.
2. Cricket
The cricket is a barrier that is built up to change the direction of runoff around the chimney or another area.
3. Drip Edge
This is a metal piece that is in the shape of an L. It is put around the perimeter of the house. This stops water dripping behind the Fascia boards.
4. Eaves
These are parts that go beyond or overhang the face of the wall at the lower edge of the roof.
5. Exposure
This is basically the distance from where one shingle ends and begins. The exposure is the amount “exposed.”
6. Fasteners
These are the nails or the screws that keep the roof on and in place.
7. Flashing
The flashing is a shiny piece of metal usually put around the edge of the chimney to prevent water from leaking.
8. Peak
This is the highest part of your roof. The top.
9. Penetrations
This is anything that sticks up out of the roof decking.
10. Rake
This is the incline of your roof.
11. Ridge Vent
This is the vent that runs along your roof so that air can escape
12. Sheathing or Decking
Plywood or strand board that is the top of the house. This is what the shingles are nailed to.
13. Soffits
this is the underside on the slope of the roof.
14. Square
This is the total amount of material you’ll need to cover 100 square feet of the roof.
15. Transitions
This is where the slope of the angle on the roof changes
16. Valley
This is the angle or area where the water run based on the intersections of two slopes of your roof.
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