Recently, the popularity of houses with domed roofs has been growing. The arched roof looks, firstly, original, and secondly, very nice. There are several technologies for the construction of such roofs. But one common feature of all domed roofs can be distinguished: one-fifth of the entire house is made up of walls, the remaining four-fifths of the building are domed roofs.
Arched, domed roofs can be found not only in domed construction, but also when covering entire buildings that have circular outlines.
In our age of modern technology, there are buildings with a rather complex architecture. In this case, the vaulted roof will cover only certain round parts of the building.
Transparent vaulted roof acquires its rounded shape due to the curved frame elements and other large parts of the flooring.For all domed buildings, the dome performs the function of a roof, shelter over your head, protection from the weather.
Such a dome is initially made from specially shaped bars. Then the bars are insulated and sheathed from the outside and from the inside. Therefore, building a domed house for yourself, making your home original and attractive,
In no case do you risk the quality and reliability of your structure. It is for these reasons that a domed roof will be the right decision when building your home.
feng shui roof
It is not for nothing that Eastern sages believe that the house is the eyes, the front door acts as the mouth, and the roof acts as the head of the whole house. Feng Shui says that the head should be especially strong and harmonious, it should be made from practical and perfect materials. It is the head that is responsible for the appearance of the house, dominates it.
Now we should highlight the main features that distinguish houses with vaulted roofs from ordinary houses.
- The domed roof does not retain large air flows due to its streamlining. And this is an important factor affecting the integrity and strength of the house.
- Almost always the main material of arched houses and hip roofs is galvanized steel. At the same time, this steel is subjected to deep drawing technology, which gives the material additional rigidity.
- If we add to the strength of steel its excellent hermetic properties, then we can safely say that in houses with a domed roof, the roofing material flawlessly performs two functions at the same time.
- Moreover, the vaulted roof does not bring additional inconvenience in its maintenance. For example, in winter, when there is heavy snowfall outside, snow will in no case accumulate on the roof, as it would on a conventional roof.The snow will smoothly descend to the ground without causing any harm to a person and without threatening his health or life.
transparent dome
Another fashionable trend in this area is the construction of light-transmitting roofs. Moreover, "transparent" roofs are being built both in residential buildings and in industrial buildings.
The most interesting thing is that the arched roof is built in this case from ordinary polycarbonate, since it can be deformed at sub-zero temperatures without losing its properties, and is also used glass roof.
Advice. Due to its lightness, polycarbonate does not require any additional supports, while creating self-supporting structures with a beautiful appearance.
Polycarbonate is characterized by all the useful properties that are necessary in the construction of light-transmitting roofs: it perfectly retains heat, transmits external light, can withstand heavy loads in the form of snow, and, most importantly, does not ignite.
On the material market, there is also such material as cellular polycarbonate. It scatters sunlight, reduces the blinding effect and the brightness of the sun.
A special ultraviolet coating is applied to cellular polycarbonate, which allows you to retain ultraviolet and allows you to extend the life of the material.
With regard to the dimensions of the honeycomb material, sheets are mainly used, the thickness of which ranges from 10 to 32 mm, depending on the situation and need.
There are also monolithic sheets. The arched roof should be made of monolithic sheets when there are increased requirements for light transmission.
Advice.An example of such a need is the glazing of a winter garden.
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