Roof Line Corner

Also known as a fascia.

Roof line corner.

Water is the most insidious foe eager to penetrate your home covering s most vulnerable defenses. Roof terminology is also not rigidly defined. Hip is a slope of a roof with 2 descending lines from the end of a ridge point. The main factors which influence the shape of roofs are the climate and the materials available for roof structure and the outer covering.

Usually the hip s 2 end points connect to upper corners of the home. This is the plumb cut for the roof ridge. Roof edge or eaves edge all the boards running along the edge of the roof or eaves. Roof shapes differ greatly from region to region.

Mark along the backside of the tongue. They are the two most dreaded words in a homeowner s vocabulary. And once inside the damage and destruction may be taking place far from the point of the initial attack making the initial source of a roof leak difficult to identify. Measure form the top of this line down the board to determine the line length or length of the rafter less the ridge board.

Valleys the inverse of a ridge or lines that appear to go inward on a roof. In combination of roof styles a hip will connect to another part of the roof as part of the frame. Usually made from 1 2 inch plywood the decking closes and reinforces the roof structure and provides a nailbed for the shingles.