Traditional Turf Roof Construction

Traditional or cut roof.

Traditional turf roof construction.

Its distribution roughly corresponds to the distribution of the log building technique in the. The stud construction of the typical frame structure for instance doesn t lend itself to sod roofing but log cabins and buildings of post and beam design are especially well suited for such a. Pitched roof construction. 30 of iceland was forested when it was settled mostly with birch.

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. Oak was the preferred timber for building norse halls in. There are two basic methods of pitched roof construction. This house s roof construction used prefabricated trusses from turner timber.

Icelandic turf houses icelandic. Until the late 19th century it was the most common roof on rural log houses in norway and large parts of the rest of scandinavia. Torfbæir were the product of a difficult climate offering superior insulation compared to buildings solely made of wood or stone and the relative difficulty in obtaining other construction materials in sufficient quantities.