Boarding Flat Roof

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Boarding flat roof.

Can oriented strand board osb be used for roofing. When fitting an asphalt roof what decking is used. But finishing the roof like this might be construed by some as a short cut. 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.

What pitch is a flat roof. The glassfibre roof covering will sit well on the new ply overlay. Creating a flat roof can be completed as either a diy weekend project or by a professional contractor. 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.

There is also the scope to incorporate a green roof onto the flat structure. Discussion in builders talk started by d438a1 aug 1 2010. 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. I am not personally a fan of the glassfibre finish.

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. 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. The stripping of the existing roof covering can be a difficult and laborious task with obvious additional costs. The steels or rsj s rolled steel joists are often built into one or both walls to give added stability to the roof structure.

I have a flat roof that needs re felting once i ve fitted a roof window. Oriented strand board isn t plywood nor is it a type of particleboard fiberboard or wafer board and although it is a newcomer to a plywood. Hopefully a quick easy question. Flat roofs are exceedingly popular with those looking to create a cool modern home.

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