Roofing 101

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What To Expect:

1. ROOF COVERING: Shingles, tile, slate, cedar, or metal and underlayment that protects the sheathing from weather.

2. SHEATHING: Boards or sheet material that are fastened to roof rafters to cover a house or building.

3. ROOF STRUCTURE: Rafters and trusses constructed to support the sheathing.

4. FLASHING: Sheet metal or other material installed into a roof system's various joints and valleys to prevent water seepage.

5. DRAINAGE: A roof system's design features, such as shape, slope and layout that affect its ability to shed water.

Roofing 101- What Is A Roof System?

All steep-slope roof systems i.e. roofs with slopes of 25 percent or more have five basic components:

... special requirements. Unlike steep sloped roofs, which depend on gravity to shed water, flat roofs use drains to remove water and rely on waterproof membrane to protect your property. Actually, the term 'flat' is misleading here -- no roof should be completely flat or dead level. “Flat Roofs” should have at least a 1/4 inch of slope per foot (preferably more) so water can flow downhill to drains and then to the ground.

Flat roofs have: