Boarding Flat Roof

The steels or rsj s rolled steel joists are often built into one or both walls to give added stability to the roof structure.

Boarding flat roof.

Whatever you re working on our range of plywood board contains everything you need at our famously low prices. But finishing the roof like this might be construed by some as a short cut. Hopefully a quick easy question. Creating a flat roof can be completed as either a diy weekend project or by a professional contractor.

Is it ok to overboard an exisisting asphalt flat roof. Flat roofs are exceedingly popular with those looking to create a cool modern home. Can oriented strand board osb be used for roofing. 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.

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. I am not personally a fan of the glassfibre finish. 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.

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. For first time homeowners it s typical to hire a professional contractor who can complete the flat roof installation for you and offer a full warranty for their work. What pitch is a flat roof. Browse our range of roof boards below and choose between general purpose hardwood plywood shuttering plywood exterior wise spruce plywood sheets and more.

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. The glassfibre roof covering will sit well on the new ply overlay. When fitting an asphalt roof what decking is used. The current roof 20mm t g which is not rotten but generally must of the planks are slightly bowed which has caused the current felt to.

Discussion in builders talk started by d438a1 aug 1 2010.