Pitched Roof Glossary

Pitched or sloping roofs.

Pitched roof glossary.

With this unique design it is easy to install and cuts down on the labor while still providing the water drainage you need to protect your roof. The same roof has a 4 12 or 1 3 pitch. Usually suitable for pitched roofs with a slope of 23 or greater larger slates can be used for even lower slopes. As the name suggests a flat roof is specially designed to sit as flat as possible on the top of a property typically having a pitch no greater than 15.

There are two main types of roof construction. A flanged open bottomed enclosure made of sheet metal or other material placed around a penetration through the roof filled with grout and bituminous or polymeric sealants to seal the area around the penetration. Alternatives to natural slate are manmade alternatives some are lighter most are cheaper. A flat roof is made of six basic components.

A roof comprising a mono pitched roof or for larger buildings series of clarification needed mono pitched roofs with vertical surfaces glazed and pitched upward in general terms away from the equator though other directions suit if direct sunlight is desired and where rooftop access may otherwise be impracticable. The terms pitch and slope are simply two different ways of expressing the same measurement. A method of interlocking metal usually at a slope change.