Roof, siding, or cladding, or ridge or hip member for a roof

A ridge or hip member for a roof, the ridge or hip member comprising:

• a substantially flexible zone, and
• a substantially rigid zone on each of a first side of the substantially flexible zone and a second side of the substantially flexible zone, the substantially flexible zone adapted to allow the ridge or hip member to be bent by an installer by hand to conform the ridge or hip member to a ridge or hip of the roof with the substantially flexible zone located along a ridge or hip line of the roof and with the substantially rigid zone located on each side of the ridge or hip line,
• wherein the substantially flexible zone is relatively more flexible than the substantially rigid zone on each of the first side and the second side, and
• wherein the substantially flexible zone is configured to bend evenly or uniformly across a width of the substantially flexible zone,
• wherein the ridge or hip member comprises at least one cutting guide, the at least one cutting guide extends from a leading edge of the ridge or hip member across part of the substantially flexible zone, and at least part of the substantially rigid zone to an outer edge of the ridge or hip member.

A roofing, cladding, or siding member comprising:

• an upper surface comprising an exposed surface or region,
• an underlapping region configured to be covered in use by an overlapping region of an adjacent roofing, cladding, or siding member,
• at least one cutting guide configured to allow for the resizing of the roofing, cladding, or siding member or removal of a portion of the roofing, cladding, or siding member,
• a substantially flexible zone, and
• a substantially rigid zone on each of a first side of the substantially flexible zone and a second side of the substantially flexible zone, the substantially flexible zone adapted to allow the roofing, cladding, or siding member to be bent by an installer by hand to conform the roofing, cladding, or siding member to a ridge or hip of a roof with the substantially flexible zone located along a ridge or hip line of the roof and with the substantially rigid zone located on each side of the ridge or hip line,
• wherein the substantially flexible zone is relatively more flexible than the substantially rigid zone on each of the first side and the second side,
• wherein the substantially flexible zone is configured to bend evenly or uniformly across a width of the substantially flexible zone to provide for a substantially constant radius of curvature across the substantially flexible zone when bent, and
• wherein the substantially flexible zone comprises an area of variable thickness such that the substantially flexible zone is stiffer along a first axis, in a direction of the ridge or hip line, than along a second axis, in a direction substantially transverse to the ridge or hip line, to allow the ridge or hip member to be bent along the second axis while resisting bending along the first axis, the area of variable thickness extending along a length of a lower surface of the ridge or hip member.

A roofing, cladding, or siding member comprising:

• an upper surface comprising an exposed surface or region,
• an underlapping region configured to be covered in use by an overlapping region of an adjacent roofing, cladding, or siding member, and
• at least one cutting guide configured to allow for the resizing of the roofing, cladding, or siding member or removal of a portion of the roofing, cladding, or siding member,
• a substantially flexible zone, and
• a substantially rigid zone on each of a first side of the substantially flexible zone and a second side of the substantially flexible zone, the substantially flexible zone adapted to allow the roofing, cladding, or siding member to be bent by an installer by hand to conform the roofing, cladding, or siding member to a ridge or hip of a roof with the substantially flexible zone located along a ridge or hip line of the roof and with the substantially rigid zone located on each side of the ridge or hip line,
• wherein the substantially flexible zone is relatively more flexible than the substantially rigid zone on each of the first side and the second side,
• wherein the substantially flexible zone is configured to bend evenly or uniformly across a width of the substantially flexible zone, and
• wherein the at least one cutting guide extends from a leading edge of the roofing, cladding or siding member across part of the substantially flexible zone and at least part of the substantially rigid zone to an outer edge of the roofing, cladding or siding member.