Roofs

Flat Roofs

Flat Roofs

Flat roofs are not totally flat, they have a fall to allow the water to run of them.

Flat roofs can have a bitumen felt or a proprietary weathering finish.

Commonly used on garages and house extensions.

Trussed Roof

Truss

Trussed Roofs

Commonly used in house building.Commonly finished with slates, concrete or

clay tiles.Engineered from timber in a factory to allow

for the loads from the tiles and adverse weather.

Gable End

Gable

A gable is the triangular shaped area at the end of a roof.

Hipped Roof

Hipped Roof

A hipped roof can have one or more hipped ends.

Hipped roofs can be made with preformed trusses or using hand cut traditional methods.

Hipped roofs are more expensive to build.

Eaves Section of a Trussed Roof

Eaves

Eaves are at the top of the wall where the guttering is.

Usually it projects past the line of the wall to give weathering protection to the top of the wall.

Ridge Detail

Ridge Detail

A ridge is at the very top of the roof.It forms a weathering cover where the two

roof surfaces come together.

Activity

Sketch and annotate a flat roof.Sketch and annotate a truss.Explain why gable ladders are used.Name five parts of a hipped roof.Sketch a facia and sofit detail.Sketch a ridge detail showing concrete tiles

and ridges.