Frame A Pitched Concrete Roof

It uses a single mono truss 1 and often has a pitch lower than 3 inches per foot 2 making it easy to roof but hard to maintain.

Frame a pitched concrete roof.

Then a concrete mixture is poured spread through the framework and reinforced with steel bars which serve as a kind of skeleton for the cured concrete. Step 3 placing the steel joists. Then the lower chord of the truss served as framing for the finished ceiling. Wood 2x2s placed on the roughly finished first layer of roof concrete right retained the concrete for the final layer creating a tiered slope.

I chose a pitched roof design and in this video take you through the entire job from start to finis. Framing are suitable for the channels. One of the most crucial step in building a flat concrete roof is to figure out the size of the concrete block you will need. A roof with a pitch of less than 5 has a shallow slope and a roof pitch of more than 8 appears to have a steep slope.

All photos courtesy enviro safe concrete roofing system inc. On the body of the square the longer side input the 12 and input the 7 on the tongue the shorter side of the square by lining up the stair gauges at the corresponding point on the square. See exactly how i made a simple porch roof step by step. In wood frame construction the pitch of the roof is determined by the way the framing components are laid out cut and assembled in place.

These trusses are not intended to carry structural roof load but they proved to be very efficient with only minimal additional support as a shoring system. These frames can either be removable concrete forms or stay in place insulating concrete forms which simply become a part of the finished roof. The same product was used on the exterior walls which were carved to resemble ashlar cut limestone. Cloyd joe warnes a concrete expert and consulting engineer has more than 40 years of experience with pitched concrete roofs.

The roof finish is standing seam metal attached to. The steel joists will provide a strong foundation for the flat concrete. Mono the mono roof is a single very low pitched roof used mostly on contemporary homes. Input the pitch of the roof that you calculated above we ll use 7 12 for reference throughout on the framing square.

The gleaming white finish above was achieved with two applica tions of an elastomeric coating. How to building frame a roof by steel frame amazing smart techniques practical implementation.