Wooden roof: device features

Everyone has long known that wood has been used as a building material for a very long time. As for the roofing material, as practice has shown, oak, aspen, larch, cedar are best used for roofing. In this article, we will analyze what a wooden roof is, how it is installed, all the advantages and disadvantages of this type of roof.

The roof is an important element of any building. The quality of its implementation depends not only on the operation of the entire premises, the durability of the building, but also on the feeling of comfort for a person. It is also worth considering that the roof must withstand natural conditions, weathering, temperature extremes, ultraviolet rays and much more.

Wooden roofing is a natural roofing material that is made according to the old German technology from selected types of wood: Siberian larch, Canadian red cedar and oak. The choice of material is quite important. The trees you choose should be straight and free of branches. If there are a lot of branches in shingles, then such trees are not suitable for shingles.

Advantages and disadvantages

The device of the roof of a wooden house is carried out using different materials:

• shingles, which has been used in Rus' for centuries. It looks like thin boards made of wood such as spruce, alder or aspen. Stacked in four or six layers;
• shindel, or better known as "wood shingles". It is a plank of not quite the correct shape.
  It is laid, as a rule, in a checkerboard pattern with an overlap. They make a shindel from Canadian red cedar, larch, oak;
• shingle - sawn boards;
• ploughshare - wooden planks, in their shape resembling a shovel. Previously, such material was used to cover the domes of churches, tents and royal chambers.
• tes - boards made of coniferous wood. An interesting fact, because in Rus', in order to preserve the structure of wood, they were hewn from a single tree trunk.

This material is made by hand without the use of additional mechanisms.

The advantages can include:

• 100% tightness is provided;
• Roofing made of wood completely eliminates the need for additional roof vapor barrier;
• Weak response to frost;
• Excellent sound insulation;
• Little weight;
• Service life is from 50 to 100 years, depending on weather conditions.

As for the disadvantages:

• High labor intensity in manufacturing;
• Limited in application;
• Weak fire safety;
• Wooden roofing is quite expensive.

To date, there are a huge number of types of tiles:

The preparatory work for laying the roof consists of many production operations that are different in complexity and nature. For their implementation, special tools, fixtures and parts are required. The more convenient the tool used, the more pleasant and easier it is to work.

The peculiarity is tile roofs is that it fits like a "flake". When it rains, it swells a little and the entire surface closes even more. This contributes to the fact that not a drop of moisture penetrates into the room itself.

In the summer, wooden structures have a number of advantages over iron coatings. As you know, wood is not a source of heat transfer, which undoubtedly makes living in such a house in sunny weather more comfortable than indoors with an iron coating.

Note!
A wooden roof consists of many production operations, so special tools and fixtures should be used to perform them.
The more convenient the equipment, the higher your productivity and easier work.

Correctly install a wooden roof - ensure a guarantee of using the roof for many years.

When connecting all parts, additional fasteners should be used.There are a sufficient number of ways to connect wooden parts.

Starting from ordinary nails and ending with a variety of spikes and carpenter's cuts. A lot depends on the quality of the connection of the nodes of a wooden roof. Let's start with the fact that this is stability, strength, and even appearance.

There are such nodes of a wooden roof: carpenter's locks, tenon joints, rafter cuts.

Spike connections consist of a spike and a socket, but require high qualification in manufacturing. You need to do everything tightly and try not to destroy the wood fibers.

Carpentry locks. With their help, carpentry locks give strength to the places where the nodes of the wooden roof are connected, and rigidity to the entire structure.

Rafter tubes are used in the manufacture of roof elements. They are easy to manufacture and reliable to use.

Roofing sequence:

1. After fabrication and installation roof truss system lay the flooring of edged lumber.
2. The next item will be the laying of the film, which will act as a protection against adversity during installation and create a ventilation effect, which will help extend the life of the roofing material and the truss system itself.
   If you are planning an attic indoors, then you should insulate the attic space.
3. You put up the trim.
4. Lay waterproofing on the crate, if possible, then in 2 layers.
5. Nail the counter-lattice on top of the waterproofing.
6. A horizontal crate is stuffed onto the counter-lattice.
7. During the installation of the roofing material, the boards of the first row should be laid very tightly and a few centimeters lower than the cornice level. roofs.
8. Lay out the next rows so that each top board overlaps the junction of the two bottom ones.
9. When you reach the top of the roof, then proceed to laying the ridge boards. Cover the top gap with a strip.
10. End boards. They should be laid in such a way that they are not higher than the level of the roof itself. That is, the entire device of a wooden roof should be on the same level.

Advice!
During the installation process, it is best to use copper nails, gutter products and copper sheets. Since this material is not only durable, it also harmonizes very well.

There is such a type of roof installation as a flat roof on wooden beams.

It is performed in this way:

1. Lay wooden beams.
2. Lay the crate (you can use OSB or plywood).
3. Roof laying. Start from right to left and from bottom to top. You can use both nails and screws. You can also use special locks.
4. Under the roof you get some space. You insulate it, and lay a layer of vapor barrier on top, glue the joints of which with self-adhesive tape.

Before starting work, the wooden roof must be treated with a special antiseptic. This is done in order to protect yourself and your family from the fire of your roof. It is also worth painting all the boards with oil-based waterproof paint. Naturally, this should be done to protect the wood from precipitation and moisture.

To increase the life of the structure, all wooden roof structures should also be treated with waterproof paint. Although it is expensive, but professionals recommend not saving on it.

Attention!
Antiseptics must be highly toxic to lower microorganisms, be absolutely harmless to humans and animals; easily absorbed into the wood; do not impair the physical and mechanical properties of wood; not cause corrosion of metal parts used for and fastening wooden elements.
There are antiseptics used in aqueous solutions, pastes based on antiseptics; oil antiseptics.

Please note that the fastening of the boards to the crate should also be carried out according to a certain scheme:

1. Laid down the board;
2. Nailed a nail from the top in the center;
3. 2 nails were also nailed to the bottom on the sides.

From the bottom of the board, nail nails 100 mm long (weaving), as they pierce two layers of the roofing board. But on top it is better to use nails 70 mm long, as they pierce one layer of the board.

If the wooden roof is laid in two rows, then first completely nail (70 mm) the first layer, then nail the second row, while laying the boards of the second row so that their center is at the junction of the joints of the lower row. Nail the second row with 100 mm nails.

There are many questions about what to do if the house is wooden? If the structure of the house is log, the roof is carried out in the same way, nothing new needs to be used.

Approximate cost:

As we have already said in this article, this type of coverage has a fairly high cost. If, nevertheless, you decide to make just such a roof, then the price for 1m² fluctuates in a range. But believe me, it's worth it.

Wooden roofing has long been considered a means of its architectural self-expression. It allows you to realize the most creative architectural ideas.Its undoubted advantage is ecological cleanliness, undoubted unique aesthetic qualities.

It is these factors that are often decisive when choosing one or another choice of coverage for your home. All this in total suggests that this type of material continues to be popular in construction today.

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