The roof of wooden houses
To date, many people think that wooden houses can fulfill the function of only a country house or cottage. This opinion is erroneous. Since woods made of wood have high strength, and can be used as a dwelling year -round. Not only does a wooden house may look very prestigious, but it is also environmentally friendly. It can contain all the amenities and communications: sewage, autonomous heating, water supply, cable television, parquet. Differences of a wooden house and others are building materials from which the interior and walls and roofs are made.
When the question is about choosing a roof, first of all, you should pay attention to what this roof will be attached to, and already in the second – to its financial capabilities. Your choice will be directly related to specific building materials for the roof. The main element of the roof is the rafter system. She holds the main weight of the roof on herself, as well as all undesirable precipitation: snow in the winter season, rains, plus she withstands strong winds. As for the service life of the roof, it directly depends on the margin of strength of the rafter system. She must certainly be strong, strong, reliably associated with the walls and the foundation of a wooden house.
Before laying a rather heavy tile on the roof, it is worth calculating its weight and thinking whether the walls of the house and other important supporting structures will keep it. Nowadays, when building wooden houses, wooden rafters, and not metal or reinforced concrete, are used. The reason for this is a small mass of wooden rafters, when raising of which special equipment is not required, they can simply be adjusted to the desired dimensions. It is also easier to put the roof on the rafters made of wood than other building materials.