My house layout-
- Squares- roofs are measured in squares. One square is equal to a 10' x 10' area (100 sq ft). My house is 1,560 sq ft, so it equals 15.6 squares.
- Bundles - asphalt shingles come in bundles (usually 22 shingles per bundle, give or take a few) and usually there are 3 bundles in a square. So 3 per bundle x 16 squares - 48 bundles total. I bought 52 to account for waste.
- Rake - in our terms - the slopped part of your roof along the edge.
- Eave - the horizontal part of your roof at the bottom (where your gutter's are attached)
- Hip - an area where two sides of your roof meet at an incline
- Valley - an internal angle from two sides of your roof meet.
- Drip edge - a piece of metal that goes on all sides of the house to help get rain off the house and keeps your shingles from drooping over time.
- Sheathing - basically plywood, it's slightly different, but for easy sake - its plywood.
You can see a full list of terms here - http://roofing.owenscorning.com/homeowner/thingsyoushouldknow/terms.aspx
But those are the fun technical terms. It took me awhile to get eave and rake straight in my head as well.
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