Roofs

By Jake Byrne
 ROOFS
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT ROOFS?
Functions?
Terminology?

Types?
Materials?

Roof construction?
FUNCTIONS OF A ROOF
• Insulation
• Strength
• Durability
• Weather resistance
• Fire resistance
TYPES OF A ROOF

• The choice of what type of roof your home

will have is purely aesthetic and functional
not structural.

• Why would someone choose a different

roof style?
TERMINOLOGY

• Apron: Water proof felt strips attached between

verticals walls and the roof slope.

• Battens: Horizontal strips of wood used to attach

tiles and hold down the felt.

• Dormer: A vertical window build into the roof.

• Eaves: Where the roof meets the external wall.
• Fascia: A vertical board attached to the overhang of
the roof.

• Flashing: Lead waterproof seal that prevents ingress

of water at adjoining walls.

• Gable: The wall between the slopping roof edges.

 TERMINOLOGY

• Gable: The wall between the slopping roof edges.

• Guttering: Removes water runoff.
• Hipped end: The sloped end of the roof.
• Rafter: The slopped timber used to form the roof.
• Ridge: The line formed by the meeting slopped
surfaces.

• Sarking: The waterproof felt the lines the roof,

beneath the battens.

• Soffit: A board that’s seals the fascia and the wall, air
vents are installed along the soffit.
 ROOF CONSTRUCTION

Traditional cut roof Truss Roof

What's the difference?
TRADITIONAL CUT ROOF

Purlin and Struts: Supports and hold the

rafters up.
Binder and Hanger: Supports and hold
the ceiling joists up.
Collar: Every 4th rafter, hold the rafters
together.
Rafter: 150x50mm, spaced 400mm
apart.
Joist: 150x50mm, Attached to rafters and
wall plate.
Birdsmouth: The shape cut to hold the
joist in place.
BIRDSMOUTH
TRUSS ROOF