Roofs

1. Roofs

2. Flat Roofs

3.  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

4. Trussed Roof

5. Truss

6.  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

7. Gable End

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

9. Hipped Roof

10.  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

11. Eaves Section of a Trussed Roof

12.  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

13. Ridge Detail

14.  A ridge is at the very top of the roof.
 It forms a weathering cover where the two roof
surfaces come together.
Ridge Detail

15.  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.
Activity