Roof Construction Manual FROM THE PUBLISHER
The Roof Construction Manual from Edition Detail with over 1800 drawings and 220 photographs is a vital reference work on the construction of pitched roots. It offers extensive and fundamental information on all common types of roofing, and provides practical details for their construction. The book is divided according to the type of roof elements and jointing techniques. Thirteen kinds of roofs and the relevant materials, including thatch, wood, slate, clay, concrete, fibre-cement, bitument, glass, metal, membranes and synthetic materials are documented. Also described in detail are essential topics such as ventilation, vapour barriers and airtightness, Insulation and drainage; refurbishment and energy conservation are also examined in detail.
As with all the construction manuals in this series, built examples illustrate the theoretical details. Some 38 examples, which include 11 classic buildings and 27 structures from the last five years, show the construction of roofs, paying particular attention to important features such as ridge, hip, eaves, valley, verge and penetrations. A compact presentation of the loadbearing structures and the physics necessary for roof construction, in addition to the current standards and directives, make this volume an indispensable standard work for all architects and engineers.
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