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Glenn P. Costin
SRT-151 Glen Rodgers
CONSTRUCTION Mayan Rowling
Week 9
Roof
Structures
Seminars
Waterfront
Glen Rodgers & Mayan Rowling
glen.rodgers@deakin.edu.au m.rowling@deakin.edu.au
Burwood
York Guo
glen.rodgers@deakin.edu.au
4. Examination 40%
Note:
To pass the unit students must achieve at least 40% in the exam
Week 9
Roof Structures
• Roof types: function and form
• Elements of a roof
• Roofing structure
• Roof cladding
• Insulation
• Structure
Roof types
Roof types: function and form
Purpose of roofs
• Shelter from the elements
• Shade
• Protection of the building
structure
• Rain water capture
2 1
5 4 3
Roof elements,
structural
principles &
construction
Roof elements
Gable roof components Hip & Valley (including Broken Hip) components
Roof elements
Strutting beam or
combination beam
(strutting & Basic roofing components: Cathedral roof
Facia hanging beam)
Ceiling
Soffit Top plate Strut or prop joist
Eaves
Wall stud Load bearing internal wall
Early roofs
No supporting
Supporting ridge
Earliest forms used simple beams beam
ridge beam
spanning mud or stone walls and ‘clad’
with turf, straw, palm leaves or the like.
• Load from the under-purlin is transferred down the strut and onto
the internal, now load-bearing, wall.
• Strutting beam transfers loads from struts to load-bearing walls at
each end of beam
Roof construction
The frame of a roof is generally built from timber
Basic construction is a triangle 25° 25°
Ceiling Line
Calculations: 9460
3300
• Pitch 1050 180 5300 100 3700 180 600
• Span
Finished Floor Line
180 600
• Component sectional sizes
180
Lounge
3600
Materials & Finishes Schedule
Item Material
5230
Footings Min 25 Mpa Concrete, Dimensions/restrictions
as describe in details
180
Kitchen / Dining
Walls 90mm Pinus Radiata framing (LOSP) treated
with pitching plate and two noggin rows
9490
Rafters 125 x 45 KD HWD
1550
Entry
Hips 175 x 35 KD HWD
100
Ridge 175 x 35 KD HWD
100
Cladding Custom orb to suit existing buildingr.
Roof Sisalation
3800
3700
Ceiling Insulation R3.5 batts
180
600 180
Verandah Posts 100 x 100 Duragal
Flooring to new section 19mm Yellow Tongue sheet floorting over LVL
or Duragal joists.
Flooring upgrade to new wet min 6mm fibre cement sheet to existing flooring
areas in existing building with graded tiling to floor waste
8010
Roof Layout
Materials Schedule Plan
Trussed roofs
The truss
A “truss” is formed when structural members
are joined together in triangular
configurations
Truss terminology
Trussed roofs
Bulk insulation
Combination forms
• Tube skylights
• Fixed skylights
• Roof windows
Attics:
Rooms that
are built into
the roof
space
Not usually
applicable to
trussed roofs
but can be
achieved.
Roof cladding &
Green roofs
Roof cladding