Traditional Cut Roof Design

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

Traditional cut roof design.

The sizes of lean to roofs can vary considerably. The finished structure is readily adaptable. The colour and material of the roof complement the structural integrity of a building. They span from the wallplate to the ridge board providing a platform for the underlay battens and tiles.

It may consist of a flat roof on top but the main design element is the multi pitch sloped in what is essentially a hip roof on top of another hip frame. Traditional cut roof design. Poorly constructed roofs endanger the people living in a building so you need to make the roof compatible to the rest of the building in a well engineered style. Traditional or cut roof.

This type of roof provides more options for extending the loft and installing windows allowing a greater amount of natural light into the room. Lean to roofs are very common. The traditional option is steeply pitched rarely less than 35. By providing two opposite lean to roofs a roof with a centre valley can be formed.

The overall construction of a traditional cut roof is to ensure that the load of the roof is evenly transmitted to the walls below. The rafters are the main load bearing elements of the roof. A hip roof design refers to a roof where the roof sides slope downwards from a middle peak with the rafter ends meeting the exterior walls of the house. 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.

This reflects the weatherproofing requirements of older roofing materials like thatch and peg tiles. Every member of a traditional cut roof is individually cut and assembled on site. Near the top is a very steep pitch and near the upper walls of the home are a lower pitch though still fairly steep. Traditional cut roofs 1 introduction.

3 lean to roofs less common. A half hipped roof is almost identical to a simple hip roof design but instead the two sides of the roof are shortened creating eaves at the either side of the house. A roof is an integral part of a building and people try to personalise the roof designs to achieve optimum architectural splendour. If you are planning an extension or a new build and would like to build in the provision for a future loft conversion or would simply like to construct a cut roof then please complete the below form and an engineer will get back to you shortly to discuss your requirement.

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