Traditional Roof Construction Methods

The rafters are the main load bearing elements of the roof.

Traditional roof construction methods.

The most common structure used is where there is a gable at both ends of the roof. There are a couple of different methods for constructing pitched style roofs. Roof construction roof construction. Traditionally roofs were constructed on site using sawn timber typically with all joints simply.

Hips and valleys are constructed. How to build roofs using excellent traditional techniques high rise housing construction thank for watching my video. They span from the wallplate to the ridge board providing a platform for the underlay battens and tiles. The overall construction of a traditional cut roof is to ensure that the load of the roof is evenly transmitted to the walls below.

Every member of a traditional cut roof is individually cut and assembled on site. One pitched roof construction method is a cut roof method. A truss roof using factory made trusses which are delivered to site complete and just erected. In this method there are joists and rafters.

Building a pitched roof prefabricated. This can be determined by the size of the timbers or the size of the roof. Building a pitched roof traditional joinery method. One of the first stages of construction is fixing the wall plate.

Pitched roof construction a cut roof this is the traditional method of cutting the timber on site and building up the roof using rafters.