Looking for an English-language tile/roofing materials glossary
Thread poster: John Bowden
John Bowden
John Bowden  Identity Verified
Local time: 10:16
German to English
Jan 2, 2008

I'm translating a German patent which contains numerous specific words for parts of a roofing tile, and am having difficulty finding the English terms. The link below has a diagram (under "Falzziegel: Begriffe") indicating all the German terms - does anybody know of a similar English language source showing the English equivalents?

Tha
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I'm translating a German patent which contains numerous specific words for parts of a roofing tile, and am having difficulty finding the English terms. The link below has a diagram (under "Falzziegel: Begriffe") indicating all the German terms - does anybody know of a similar English language source showing the English equivalents?

Thanks in advance!

http://www.baumarkt.de/nxs/339///baumarkt/47/44/schablone1/alles_ueber_dachziegel__hier_macht_ton_die_eindeckung.htm
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Laura Crocè
Laura Crocè  Identity Verified
Italy
Local time: 11:16
English to Italian
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Can be of some help? Jan 2, 2008

Hi john,
I don't know German, but I had this links in my preferred links..... maybe you could find something useful!
Happy new year!!

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Hi john,
I don't know German, but I had this links in my preferred links..... maybe you could find something useful!
Happy new year!!

http://buildingmaterials.nrhabasictraining.com/etraining/ch4_siding_roofing/mod2_roofing/accessories/pdf/roofing_glossary.pdf
http://www.ludowicirooftile.com/glossary.cfm
http://www.carlsonbrothers.com/glossary.html
http://www.roofhelp.com/glossary/glossary_s.htm
http://www.rushroofing.net/roofingglossary.html
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Juliet Halewood
Juliet Halewood  Identity Verified
Local time: 11:16
Italian to English
Try these links Jan 2, 2008

Hi John,

I used this link when working on a roofing company's website a while ago: www.ballendorfer.com/glossary/glossaryB.htm


and this has some examples
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Hi John,

I used this link when working on a roofing company's website a while ago: www.ballendorfer.com/glossary/glossaryB.htm


and this has some examples of different tiles:

www.claytileroof.com/buy_sell/tile_slate_sales.asp

hope they're of help

Jules
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Saskia Steur (X)
Saskia Steur (X)  Identity Verified
Local time: 11:16
English to Dutch
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not sure if this helps Jan 2, 2008

But these are my terminology sites on roofing

roofs
http://my.execpc.com/~cudahyrf/r
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But these are my terminology sites on roofing

roofs
http://my.execpc.com/~cudahyrf/roof.html
http://www.sbr.nl/default.aspx?ctid=2250
http://www.singlesourceroofing.com/terms5.html
http://images.google.nl/imgres?imgurl=http://www.joostdevree.nl/bouwkunde/korbeel_2_www_stud_tue_nl_cheops.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.joostdevree.nl/bouwkunde/dak_constructies_met_termen.htm&h=404&w=260&sz=18&tbnid=VSSBLEWUfFAJ:&tbnh=121&tbnw=77&hl=nl&start=4&prev=/images?q=korbeel&svnum=10&hl=nl&lr=

Best regards,
Saskia
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