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What does sarking mean?

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Noun
  1. (chiefly Scotland, Australia, New Zealand, architecture) Wood, felt, or other material placed under the shingles of a roof in order to provide support or insulation; the practice of furnishing roofs with such material; an installation of such material.
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Q Our loft is well insulated but there is terrible condensation on the sarking boards which has turned to frost.
Check the wall head and make sure the sarking boards are dry, as you might have a drip.
In large spaces, finishes are white-faced sarking over the wool.
Tiled roofs need to be well fitted with fire-resistant sarking such as fibreglass-based aluminium foil.
The Captain, after he had rummaged the house, took great care to have the slates and sarking taken from the roof.
Work done included fully recovering the principal roof, with modern sarking felt below French reed thatching, which was renewed at the time.

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