Timber Pitched Roof Construction

A truss roof using factory made trusses which are delivered to site complete and just erected.

Timber pitched roof construction.

One pitched roof construction method is a cut roof method. There are two basic methods of pitched roof construction. Prefabricated trusses which are delivered to site and erected. Building a pitched roof prefabricated trusses the latter stages of construction felt battening tiling remain the same regardless of the framing method used.

A pitched roof uses not only the external wall systems but also particular parts of the internal walls. Covers an overview of flat and pitched roofs. A traditional method of cutting timber on site and building up the roof using rafters joists purlins ridge boards etc. Part 1 a guide to roof construction.

A cut roof this is the traditional method of cutting the timber on site and building up the roof using rafters ridge boards joists and purlins etc the exact details being determined by the size of roof size of timbers etc. There are also a number of other framed constructions such as portal frame roofs. Each truss is lifted into position and fixed to the plate. A trussed roof will often rest on a timber wall plate as with a conventional one.

In this method there are joists and rafters. Covers flat roof materials and flat roof construction of warm and cold roofs. There are a couple of different methods for constructing pitched style roofs. This can be determined by the size of the timbers or the size of the roof.

Covers pitched roof detail. This is more of a traditional manner in regards to cutting the timber while onsite and building up the roof by the use of rafters ridge boards joists and purlins among others. With rafters collars ties struts ridges underpurlins ceiling joists hanging beams combination hanging and strutting beams pitching plates and so on. Part 4 flat roof construction.

Roof ridges and ridge tiles roof hips and hip tiles roof valleys roof verges and lead flashings.