Roofs For Houses

Discover the 36 different types of roofs for a house.

Roofs for houses.

Tear off the old shingles. Rolled roofing material is the mainstay of low slope residential roofs as well as out buildings like shops and sheds and other utilitarian structures. Gable and hip roofs can also be used for homes with more complicated layouts. This gallery includes terrific roof design illustrations so you can easily see the differences between types of roofs.

It was commonly used in italy and elsewhere in southern europe and is now a very common form in american houses. Make sure to expose 5 in. Rolled roofing consists of long rolls of mineral impregnated and asphalt impregnated material topped with mineral granules. Each roll is about 100 square feet of roofing and about 3 feet wide.

Includes a frame bonnet gable hip mansard butterfly valley combination shed and more. Use four roofing nails per shingle as indicated on package instructions six nails in high wind areas. Of the shingle tabs where the bottom edge of the tab meets the top of the cutout. Tile and thatch roofs are more common in europe than north america.

Once this course is laid you can begin snapping horizontal chalk lines up the roof to ensure straight rows. Some roofing materials help reduce air conditioning costs in hot climates by being designed to reflect light. These shingles can be reinforced with fiberglass or organic materials cellulose without changing the appearance of the shingle.