roof drainage
1roof drainage — Precipitation runoff from roofs …
2Roof — A roof is the covering on the uppermost part of a building. A roof protects the building and its contents from the effects of weather. Structures that require roofs range from a letter box to a cathedral or stadium, dwellings being the most… …
3roof — rooflike, adj. /roohf, roof/, n., pl. roofs, v. n. 1. the external upper covering of a house or other building. 2. a frame for supporting this: an open timbered roof. 3. the highest part or summit: The Himalayas are the roof of the world. 4.… …
4Drainage — See also: Storm drain and Stormwater Deep inside a Sydney drain in New South Wales Drainage is the natural or artificial removal of surface and sub surface water from an area. Many agricultural soils need drainage to improv …
5Hidden roof — A hidden roof: an extremely slanted roof with practically horizontal eaves (Ebisu dō, Honkaku ji, Kamakura The hidden roof (野屋根, noyane …
6Green roof — Traditional sod roofs can be seen in many places in the Faroe Islands …
7Plumbing drainage venting — A building s waste disposal system has two parts: the drainage system and the venting system. The drainage system, also called traps and drains, comprises pipes leading from various plumbing fixtures to the building drain (indoors) and then the… …
8Sod roof — A sod roof or turf roof is a traditional Scandinavian type of roof covered with sod on top of several layers of birch bark on gently sloping wooden roof boards. Until the late 19th century it was the most common roof on rural log houses in large… …
9Cool roof — In the world of industrial and commercial buildings, a cool roof is a roofing system that can deliver high solar reflectance (the ability to reflect the visible, infrared and ultraviolet wavelengths of the sun, reducing heat transfer to the… …
10Sustainable urban drainage systems — Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS), sometimes known as Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) [http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2001/07/pan61] , are designed to reduce the potential impact of new and existing developments with respect… …
