| Term | Definition | Tags |
| Soakers | Flexible metal interleaved between courses of slates or plain tiles at abutments (see earlier descri... | |
| Splay cuts | Tiles cut diagonally... | |
| Stop end | filled end of a ridge tile over a hip or gable.... | |
| Swept Valley | Where the tiles or slates sweep round in horizontal lines over lay boards in the valley, requiring t... | |
| Tile Cropper | A levered mechanical set of jaws used by tilerÕs to cut tile to size or shape.... | |
| Tilting | Normally a piece of timber used at eaves or sides of open valley... | |
| Top edge | Upper edge of roof slope finishing at a ridge or against a front edge of a protrusion through roof s... | |
| Trowels | Various shapes and sizes used for bedding and pointing cement work.... | |
| Undercloak. | An additional course of slates or tiles at Eaves, Verge or metal Valley... | |
| Valley | Intersection of 2 (two) internal roof slopes changing internal direction.... | |
| Verge | See Gable above - an outside edge of the roof finished either with tile or slate undercloak bedded i... | |
| Vertical | A roof elevation at 90¡ from the horizontal clad in slates, tiles or boarding.... | |
| Winchester cuts | 2 (two) tiles splay cut along their length to form a detailed finish on vertical tiling to a gable e... | |
| Zax | (or Slate Knife) A heavy blade with cranked handle used for trimming the edges of slates and used in... | |
