Roofing Glossary
Clear, plain-English definitions for common (and not-so-common) roofing terms.
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- Saturated Felt
- SBS
- Screen
- Seal
- Sealant
- See Styrene Butadiene Styrene
- Self -Adhering Membrane
- Selvage
- Selvage Joint
- Shark Fin
- Shingle
- Shingling
- Sieve
- Slag
- Slip Sheet
- Slippage
- Slope
- Smooth Surfaced Roof
- Snow Load
- Softening Point Drift
- Soil Stack
- Solid Mopping
- Solvent Welding
- Spot Mopping
- Sprayed Polyurethane Foam (SPF)
- Sprinkle Mopping
- Square
- Stack Vent
- Standing Seam
- Steep Asphalt
- Steep Slope
- Strawberry
- Stress Crack
- Strip Mopping
- Stripping
- Styrene Butadiene Styrene Copolymer (SBS)
- Substrate
- Superimposed Loads
