Roofing For Dummies Book

The fun and easy way to get a grip on photovoltaic design and installation.

Roofing for dummies book.

Instead becca switzer with roof sales mastery and alena wilson with virtutraining have partnered up to deliver you a comprehensive step by step online tutorial course that not only masters the absolute basic necessities of xactimate but goes above and beyond to take you salty vets to the expert level with the program to gain a better edge on. While this version features a new dummies cover and design the content is the same as the prior release and should not be considered a new or updated product. Past the exterior wall. If you re using a roofing calculator press the pitch button to input the pitch ratio in the calculator s memory.

Photovoltaic design and installation for dummies 9781119544357 was previously published as photovoltaic design and installation for dummies 9780470598931. Like most of your neighbors you plan to have the shingles installed by a professional roof. Install the roofing screws vertically along each rib in the panel. You can find intact tiles that have been in use 5 000 years.

In severe climate regions most building codes require applying it 3 to 6 ft. If the roof rises 7 inches 18 cm for every 1 foot 0 30 m its pitch would be written as 7 12. The shingle or tile has been in use for thousands of years in fact. Call your building inspector for local details.

Buy it at roofing supply companies or home centers. People who rely on dummies rely on it to learn the. Cover the rest of the roof with no. For example if your roof measures 10 feet 3 0 m x 10 feet 3 0 m and the slope of the roof is 12 12 giving a slope factor of 12x12 12x12 12 converts to 1 414 in decimal form you would multiply 10 x 10 x 1 414 to get the total of 141 square feet of roofing.

These are triangular portions of the home which extend from the eaves to the peak of the roof. Like most north americans you ve wisely decided to go with asphalt shingles due in large part to their vast range of styles and color blends. 15 asphalt saturated felt underlayment some codes may require no. The areas of the roof where two sections meet and slope down.

Also measure the length of half of the roof from one side of the ridge beam to the edge of the building. Despite their history however shingles and tiles are just two among many types of materials. Dummies helps everyone be more knowledgeable and confident in applying what they know. This is the highest point of the roof which is also referred to as the peak.

Be sure the larger edge is laid so that the small edge of the next panel will overlap it. So you need a new roof whether it s to adorn your newly built home or to replace your existing roof. Align the first metal roofing panel so that it overlaps the edging by 1 2 to 3 4 of an inch and is square to the roof line. Dummies has always stood for taking on complex concepts and making them easy to understand.

Also called the verge this refers to the wall or rafter under the edge of a roof where a gable ends.