| Term | Definition | Tags |
| Gable | External brick (or similar) wall cut to line of sloping rafters at end of roof.... | |
| Gauge | The distance the roof battens are set apart to support the slates or tiles and determines the slate ... | |
| Gutter | Can be internal / external to carry water being discharged from roof slope... | |
| Gutter. | Rain water channel fixed to fascia at eaves level to collect rain water discharging from roof slope ... | |
| Hammers | 3 types - Slate hammer, Tile hammer, Lath hammer,... | |
| Hand and Electric drills | Used for drilling holes in various materials e.g tiles... | |
| Hand Board. | (or Hawke) Used by Tiler / Slater to hold mortar whilst working with a pointing trowel... | |
| Hawke. | (or Hand Board) Used by Tiler / Slater to hold mortar whilst working with a pointing trowel... | |
| Head Nail | Nailing slates to battens approx 25mm below head of slate.... | |
| Hip | The sloping intersection of 2 (two) inclined roof slopes meeting at a salient angle.... | |
| Hip | Intersection of 2 (two) external roof slopes changing external direction.... | |
| Hip Iron | Bent metal strap screwed to the bottom end of hip rafter to prevent hip ridges from sliding off roof... | |
| Holing Bench | Scaffold boards supported by bricks or a similar bench on which to hole slates over a double spiked ... | |
| Holing Machine | Manufactured piece of equipment for the purpose of holing slates. The machine could be adjusted to t... | |
| Knee pads | used by roofers to protect their knees when kneeling constantly on the roof.... | |
| Knife. | Mainly used for cutting underlays or similar... | |
| Knobbing Out | Operatives term for loading out the roof with slates or tiles when the labourer would put a Ò... | |
| Laced Valley | A valley formed the by use of tile and half or slate and half laid at an angle over lay boards, caus... | |
| Lath Axe | Used for driving batten nails etc. At one time used to chop off cuts of slating / tiling battens ove... | |
| Lathe | (or Battens or Lattes) Horizontal lengths of timber fixed to the roof rafters to support the slates ... | |
