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Roofing

Referring to the construction and/or tiling of rooves on buildings and other structures.

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Slate roofs

Construction; Roofing

Roofing material made from natural slate. A sedimentary rock that has the ability to be split into thin layers.

Slate roofing

Construction; Roofing

A roofing material consisting of overlapping layers of slate.

Slate ripper

Construction; Roofing

A flat steel plate with notches on the end. Used in repairs to rip out the nails fixing broken tiles etc. German ripper has a nail pulling claw on hand end.

Stepped flashing

Construction; Roofing

A flashing that seals the sloping edge of a roof against a masonry or brick wall.

Sprocket-piece

Construction; Roofing

1.) A piece at the foot of a rafter to incline last section of the roof towards the horizontal, to make sprocked eaves. 2.) An outrigger piece attached to the end rafters at the verge of a gable roof ...

Steel purlin

Construction; Roofing

A horizontal roof member to which roofing is fixed. Mostly cold rolled galvanised steel but can be any steel section thin enough to be easily screwed to.

Westminster hall roof

Construction; Roofing

The oldest and largest example of hammer beam roof, built to cover the large hall of Westminster Palace in London.

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