Roof vs Sarking - What's the difference?
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The cover at the top of a building.
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, title= * 1931 , Robert L. May, Rudolph'', ''The Red-Nosed Reindeer , Montgomery Ward (publisher), draft:
The upper part of a cavity.
* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 1, author=John Sinnott, work=BBC Sport
, title= (mining) The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.
(chiefly, Scotland, Australia, New Zealand, architecture) Wood, felt, or other material placed under the shingles of a roof in order to provide support or insulation; the practice of furnishing roofs with such material; an installation of such material.
* 1947 , New Zealand House of Representatives, Appendix to the Jounals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand , Volume 3,
* 1997 , Ann Ross, Jonathan Hetreed, Architect?s Pocket Book , 2011, 4th Edition, Elsevier, UK,
* {{quote-news, 2009, January 25, Caroline James, Traps to avoid when relocating a home, Herald Sun
, passage=A house in Moorabbin listed for sale with Better House Removers would cost its buyer "about $75,000-$90,000" to move, including the house, restumping, rejoining, new roof, sarking and metal batons, and council permits, Mr Bernardo estimated. }}
As a proper noun roof
is (astronomy) a chinese constellation located near aquarius and pegasus, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger black turtle.As a noun sarking is
(chiefly|scotland|australia|new zealand|architecture) wood, felt, or other material placed under the shingles of a roof in order to provide support or insulation; the practice of furnishing roofs with such material; an installation of such material.roof
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(wikipedia roof)Noun
(en-noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path […]. It twisted and turned,
- The very first sound that you’ll hear on the roof / (Provided there’s fog) will be Rudolph’s small hoof.
Aston Villa 2-0 Wigan, passage=As Bent pulled away to the far post, Agbonlahor opted to go it alone, motoring past Gary Caldwell before unleashing a shot into the roof of the net.}}
Usage notes
* The plural rooves'' is uncommon and is considered by some to be incorrect, though it is parallel to more common plurals like ''hooves'' and ''staves. * In referring to the top of a building, refers both to the object itself (“the roof was blown off in the tornado”) and to the location of being on the roof (“it can be dangerous to go on the roof to fix the antenna”). In the later sense (of “location”) it is often used attributively, largely interchangeably with rooftop.Synonyms
* (cover at top of building) , thatch * (in a cavity)Derived terms
* barrel roof * built-up roof * burn the roof * coach roof * hip roof * hit the roof * mansard roof * raise the roof * rooftop * rooftree * shed roof * single-ply roof * steep-slope roof * sunroof * through the roofDerived terms
* roofer * unroofsarking
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(en-noun)page 18,
- Much housing work lies within this area, and to avoid high maintenance costs the Department is building many houses with plaster exteriors upon diagonal sarkings .
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- Sarkings are weatherproof membranes laid over rafters and below battens to draught-proof and weatherproof the roof against driving rain or powder snow that may penetrate the tiles or slates.
- Traditional sarkings' of reinforced bitumen felt have been largely superseded by lighter, breathable '''sarkings''' that can be laid to form an effectively draught-proof roof but still allow free dispersal of water vapour to avoid roof space condensation; such mterials generally avoid the need for eaves, ridge and roof slope ventilators. Where they are laid directly over insulation between rafters, or over a permeable '''sarking''' board, tiling battens are raised clear of the ' sarking by 25 x 50 counter battens nailed down to the tops of the rafters.
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