The document discusses different types of roofs. It describes flat roofs, which have a slight slope to allow water runoff, and can be covered with felt or proprietary finishes. It also describes trussed roofs, which are commonly used for houses and constructed from engineered timber, and gable ends, which form the triangular areas at the roof ends. Additionally, it outlines hipped roofs, which can have multiple sloped ends, and are more expensive to build than gable roofs. Key roof elements like eaves, ridges, fascias and soffits are also defined.

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