Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Title page
  • Copyright
  • 1 Introduction and Acknowledgements
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • 2 Roofing terminology
  • 3 Calculating the size of timber members
  • STRENGTH AND SECTION SIZE CALCULATIONS
  • HOW DO WE CALCULATE THE LOADING ON THE ROOF?
  • TIMBER MEMBER SIZING DESIGN: AN EXAMPLE
  • COST CONSIDERATION
  • 4 Calculating the length and cutting angles of timber members: data tables 5 -75
  • THE PITCH
  • USING THE TABLES TO CUT A COMMON RAFTER
  • HIP JACK RAFTERS
  • HIP RAFTERS
  • VALLEY JACK RAFTERS
  • THE RIDGE
  • PURLINS
  • 5 Wall Plates
  • Strapping and Gable Strapping
  • 6 Wind bracing and openings for dormers and roof windows
  • OPENINGS FOR DORMERS AND ROOF WINDOWS
  • 7 Roofing metalwork and fixings
  • NAILS, BOLTS AND SCREWS
  • 8 Engineered timber roofing components and prefabricated roofs
  • TRUSSED RAFTERS
  • SPANDREL PANELS
  • CRANE-ON ROOF ASSEMBLIES
  • TRUSSED RAFTERS
  • CRANE-ON ROOFS
  • STRUCTURAL PANELS
  • CRANE-ON ROOF ASSEMBLIES
  • STRUCTURAL INSULATED PANELS
  • ATTIC TO ROOM-IN-THE-ROOF CONVERSION
  • 9 Roof coverings
  • underlay, battens and tiles
  • UNDERLAY
  • BATTENS
  • INSULATION AND VENTILATION
  • CHOOSING THE ROOF COVERING
  • BUILDING REGULATIONS
  • THERMAL PERFORMANCE
  • 10 Roof coverings
  • building detail drawings
  • THE NEW BS 5534:2014
  • MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATION
  • HIPS, RIDGES, VERGES AND VALLEYS
  • TRADITIONAL AND NEW METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION
  • ROOFING PUTTIES
  • NATURAL SLATES
  • CONCRETE INTERLOCKING TILES
  • PLAIN AND PEG TILES
  • ASPHALT SHINGLES
  • METAL TILES
  • LEAD SUBSTITUTES
  • 11 Solar panels
  • PLANNING AND ROOF SUITABILITY
  • ROOF CONSTRUCTION
  • FIXING THE PANELS
  • POSSIBLE IMPROVED FIXING
  • VARIATIONS ON PANEL DESIGN
  • 12 Sheds and outbuildings
  • PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT
  • TYPES OF PERMITTED BUILDING
  • DESIGN
  • THE STRUCTURE
  • THE MONO-PITCH ROOF
  • THE DUAL-PITCH ROOF
  • ROOF COVERINGS.
  • MAKE YOUR NEW BUILDING SAVE MONEY!
  • 13 Tools and equipment
  • OBTAINING INFORMATION FROM THE DRAWING
  • TO CUT THE ROOF
  • SETTING UP THE ROOF STRUCTURE
  • ROOF COVERINGS
  • 14 HEALTH & SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS
  • ACCESS TO THE ROOF
  • BASIC PRINCIPLES
  • RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF EXISTING ROOF STRUCTURES
  • NEWLY CONSTRUCTED ROOFS
  • THE ROOF COVERING
  • CONCLUSION
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • EULA.