MODULAR HOMES AND OTHER ARCHITECTURAL STYLES

Here is a FREE, full color guide to Modular Homes, home designs, and architectural styles.

This image-packed glossary introduces the equipment, tools, tips, techniques, structural components, and design elements involved in building designs, landscapes, and more.

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ABODE

The Picture Dictionary of Home Design And Architecture

by Judee Shipman

CHAPTER 49

ROOF COMB - R VALUE

ROOF COMB: A flat piece that tops a pyramid in certain monuments.

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ROOF DECK: A flat, boarded surface on a reinforced roof, designed to support extra weight. Roofs are not normally designed strongly enough to support many people, especially on modular homes.

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ROOFING NAIL: A long nail typically used for roofing construction.

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ROOF JACK: A sleeve that fits around waste vent pipes, and is nailed to the roof sheathing.

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ROOF JOIST: The horizontal supporting beam for roof rafters.

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ROOF VALLEY: The "V" that is created where two sloping roof panels meet.

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ROTTENSTONE: A type of sandpaper.

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ROTUNDA: A circular building, usually surrounded by a dome.

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ROUGH HORSE: See Stair Carriage.

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ROUGH OPENING: The horizontal and vertical measurements of a window or door opening, before drywall or siding is installed.

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ROUGH SILL: A framing component at the bottom of a rough opening for a window.

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ROUGH IN: Installing the initial plumbing, electricity, heating, or carpentry components that will later be concealed behind the second finishing phase.

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ROUND BRUSH: A rotary brush used for painting.

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ROUND HEAD SCREW: A screw with a curved or domed head.

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ROUTER: A rotating tool used in woodworking.

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ROW HOMES: A block of homes of similar design that are attached side by side, but do not share any common walls.

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RUMAH GADANG: An Indonesian architectural style characterized by curved, sharply pointed rooftops.

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RUN: The horizontal distance from the roof's eave to directly under the ridge.