Types of roofs: brief description and properties

Types of roofs: brief description and properties

Classification of materials for the arrangement of the roof their characteristic

At the stage of designing the house, you need to clearly determine the type of roofing material. The overall type of building depends on this, the further use of certain materials in the design of the building. Today, many designers choose two types of materials for the roof – lightweight and heavy. Lights include “Ondulin”, bitumen, metal tiles, and hard -worships, and some new materials that are used in special conditions. Now the most fashionable and demanded material is considered metal tile. But this does not mean that it is the most reliable and the best.

Designers use it due to the simplicity of styling, minimal further care, beautiful type. A layer of waterproofing is placed under a metal tile. In the days of the USSR, a roofing material was used in construction, which replaced new soft materials for the roof. Their main manufacturers are firms located in the United States and Finland. But in order to buy a fairly high -quality and original soft roof, it is not necessary to fly by the ocean. Nowadays, in any construction shop, you can guaranteed to purchase such materials for the roof. To properly lay the soft elements of the roof, you need to additionally use a solid wooden surface. The most ideal option for this is the moisture -resistant and multilayer plywood of good quality. Modern architects bypass cheap options for roofs, giving preference to natural high -quality tiles. As you know, the stingy pays twice, so the pressed cardboard, which is inherently “Ondulin” is more suitable for light arbors, and not for residential buildings.