Boarding Flat Roof

I am not personally a fan of the glassfibre finish.

Boarding flat roof.

When fitting an asphalt roof what decking is used. Can oriented strand board osb be used for roofing. The steels or rsj s rolled steel joists are often built into one or both walls to give added stability to the roof structure. Flat roofs are exceedingly popular with those looking to create a cool modern home.

On a basic level flat roof construction comes in the form of roofing timbers or joists as they are more commonly known or steels that are laid across two uprights walls in most cases. The stripping of the existing roof covering can be a difficult and laborious task with obvious additional costs. Whatever you re working on our range of plywood board contains everything you need at our famously low prices. Browse our range of roof boards below and choose between general purpose hardwood plywood shuttering plywood exterior wise spruce plywood sheets and more.

But finishing the roof like this might be construed by some as a short cut. Creating a flat roof can be completed as either a diy weekend project or by a professional contractor. In this video i show how we installed the walls around the outside of the builder and went about boarding out the flat roof of the dormer this allows us to. Bearing in mind the building is a commercial kind of building and must have been built in the early 60 s stroke 70 s the roof in question has not been leaking long so unsure if decking would be rotten.

Is it ok to overboard an exisisting asphalt flat roof. There is also the scope to incorporate a green roof onto the flat structure. Hopefully a quick easy question. What pitch is a flat roof.

The current roof 20mm t g which is not rotten but generally must of the planks are slightly bowed which has caused the current felt to. A deck is the structural substrate of a flat roof and should be capable of supporting the static and dynamic design loads as well as any loads occurring during construction from machinery and plant. For first time homeowners it s typical to hire a professional contractor who can complete the flat roof installation for you and offer a full warranty for their work. Flat roof options help to free up internal space and are often cheaper that pitched roof options as they require fewer materials to cover the same roof span.

Discussion in builders talk started by d438a1 aug 1 2010.