Traditional Roof Construction Methods

The traditional or cut roof is essentially a roof cut and assembled on site using individual timber members it is normally constructed using rafters and purlins.

Traditional roof construction methods.

Every member of a traditional cut roof is individually cut and assembled on site. A truss roof using factory made trusses which are delivered to site complete and just erected. 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.

Traditionally roofs were constructed on site using sawn timber typically with all joints simply. One pitched roof construction method is a cut roof method. Method of building concrete roofs with the right techniques housing. In this method there are joists and rafters.

Hips and valleys are constructed. 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.

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. How to build roofs using excellent traditional techniques high rise housing construction thank for watching my video. Building a pitched roof prefabricated.

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