Traditional or cut roof.
Traditional cut timber roof.
Traditional cut roof vs.
Every member of a traditional cut roof is individually cut and assembled on site.
Trusses before trusses became popular nearly all roofs were cut on site from timbers lifted up one by one and secured in position by the carpenter.
Not only is the volume large enough to convert into living space but the structure can generally be easily altered.
Lean to roofs are very common.
We see how to cut a bird s mout.
A truss roof using factory made trusses which are delivered to site complete and just erected.
3 lean to roofs less common.
They span from the wallplate to the ridge board providing a platform for the underlay battens and tiles.
2 lean to roofs simple.
The rafters are the main load bearing elements of the roof.
The traditional option is steeply pitched rarely less than 35.
The finished structure is readily adaptable.
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 sizes of lean to roofs can vary considerably.
Pitched roof construction a cut roof this is the traditional method of cutting the timber on site and building up the roof using rafters.
This still happens for some single houses and for extensions.
In part 8 robin switches from the capel build to roger s extension to build the roof and show us all his tricks of the trade.