tar roof
Hot-mopped flat covering
A tar roof is a flat or low-slope roof sealed with tar—a thick, dark, sticky petroleum derivative that waterproofs the surface.
Common on commercial buildings and urban apartment blocks, tar roofs require periodic recoating as the material cracks with age and sun exposure: The landlord finally patched the leaky tar roof.
- flatLacking vertical variation
- flat topLevel-cropped hairstyle
- asphaltPetroleum-based paving material
- shinglesOverlapping roof cladding
- pitchFrequency of sound
bitumen · black · hot · sticky · gravel · membrane · leak · patching · sealing · rubber · felt · bubbling · bubbling up · commercial · industrial · melting · summer · summer sun
- roofingshingle, shingles, tile, asphalt shingles, cedar shakes
- tenementsapartment, railroad flat, railroad apartment, cold water flat, walk-ups
- flat roofssingle-ply, PVC, rooftop deck, cold process
tar roofshingled roof
Layered protective house covering
shingle roof · slate roof · tile roof · metal roof · terracotta roof
tar roofpitched roof
Angled building top
gabled roof · steep roof · A-frame roof · hip roof · mansard roof
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