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.

Flat Roofs

Trussed Roof

Truss

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.

Trussed Roofs

Gable End

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

Gable

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.

Hipped Roof

Eaves Section of a Trussed Roof

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.

Eaves

Ridge Detail

A ridge is at the very top of the roof.

It forms a weathering cover where the two roof surfaces come together.

Ridge Detail

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.

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