Overview

In this subject, we'll highlight some of the industry terms you'll be likely to hear. These terms will be helpful when it comes to having conversations with your team, vendors, and even customers.

After you've completed this subject, you'll understand:

• A variety of roofing terms
• How those terms apply to typical roofing scenarios

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Important Terms to Know

Why learn these?

Expand your roofing vocabulary

While working with [Your Company Name], you'll be coming across industry specific terminology that you may or may not have heard before.

Why is understanding these terms so important? As you speak with fellow team members, vendors and even customers, knowing exactly what these terms are, and how to use them, can help to ensure better communication and clarity.

So, what are these terms?

Key roofing terms

• Asphalt
  A key material, used in a number of different cases. In roofing, it's often utilized in shingles.
  
  
• Bundle
  Unit of measurement for packages of shingles. In other words, one bundle means one "bunch" of a specific number of shingles.
  
  
• Deck
  This is often made of plywood, and is the base where roofing materials are applied.
  
  
• Dormer
  This is the structure that projects from a sloped roof. It's typically found on top of windows throughout a home.
  
  
• Eave
  On a roof that is sloped, this is the lower edge.
  
  
• Fire Rating
  Building departments often require a specific threshold. A fire rating denotes how protective materials would be in case of a fire. Ratings consist of "A", "B", or "C" – with "A" being the most fire resistant.

• Flashing
  Metal that prevents water seepage, especially within roofing systems. These can include structures like chimneys or vent pipes.
  
  
• Shingle Course
  Row of shingles on a roof, used to refer to specific shingle locations/patterns on a roof.
  
  
• Granules
  Often made of ground up molten rock particles, granules make up the top coat on asphalt shingles.
  
  
• Impact Resistance
  Whether shingles are more or less likely to become damaged upon impact.
  
  
• Pitch
  The Rise/Span of a roof (or how steep a roof actually is). The higher the pitch, the steeper the roof.
  
  
• Ply
  How many layers make up a given roof system.

• Rafters
  Supporting framework, where the roof deck is attached.
  
  
• Styrene Butadiene Styrene (SBS)
  Hard rubber that gives a trampoline-like effect to asphalt, to help with impact.
  
  
• Sheathing
  Sheet materials attached to rafters.
  
  
• Valley
  Area where two sloping roof surfaces intersect with each other.

Recap

Congrats — you've finished the General Roofing Vocabulary subject! 🎉

You should now know more about:

• Key roofing vocabulary terms
• Key roofing term definitions
• Roofing term use cases

If you are unclear about how to do anything listed above, go back and review the previous topics.

Remember: If you forget anything that you learn in this subject, you can go back and look at it at any time! And be sure to download the Trainual mobile app for iOS or Android for when you're on the go.