Traditional Roof Construction Methods

Every member of a traditional cut roof is individually cut and assembled on site.

Traditional roof construction methods. Pitched roof construction a cut roof this is the traditional method of cutting the timber on site and building up the roof using rafters. In this method there are joists and rafters. How to build roofs using excellent traditional techniques high rise housing construction thank for watching my video. 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.

The rafters are the main load bearing elements of the roof. There are a couple of different methods for constructing pitched style roofs. Building a pitched roof prefabricated. The most common structure used is where there is a gable at both ends of the roof.

They span from the wallplate to the ridge board providing a platform for the underlay battens and tiles. One pitched roof construction method is a cut roof method. 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. This can be determined by the size of the timbers or the size of the roof.

One of the first stages of construction is fixing the wall plate. Hips and valleys are constructed. A truss roof using factory made trusses which are delivered to site complete and just erected. Method of building concrete roofs with the right techniques housing.

The overall construction of a traditional cut roof is to ensure that the load of the roof is evenly transmitted to the walls below.