shingle roof
Slat-covered house top
A shingle roof is a roof covered with overlapping flat pieces—traditionally wood, now often asphalt or composite materials.
The shingles are layered from bottom to top so water runs off without seeping through: The old shingle roof needed replacing after the storm.
Most residential roofs in North America are shingle roofs.
- slateFissile metamorphic rock
- cedarDurable, fragrant conifer
- cedar shakesSplit planks for roofing
- asphaltPetroleum-based paving material
- tilesFlat covering pieces
shakes · overlap · weathered · nails · hammer · pitch · eaves · gutter · attic · ladder · tar · moss · leak · ice dam · ridge · flashing · drip edge · repair
- roofingtile, cedar shakes, clay tiles, truss, ridge
- roofsgable, hip, flat, mansard, gambrel
- garden shedsgarden shed, tool shed, potting shed, storage shed, metal shed
- Colonial Decorwainscoting, Windsor chairs, fireplace mantels, four-poster beds, grandfather clocks
- historic American homesplantation house, farmhouse, mansion, manor house, Cape Cod house
roofing material type
shingle roofmetal roof
Steel building covering
tin roof · copper roof · slate roof · tile roof · flat roof
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