traditonal roofing

[garyrayne123]

I'm an architectural technician who is used to trussed rafter roofs and pvc fascia and soffits.

I want to get to grips with tradional roof detailing and joinery. i would be grateful if anyone can recommend any good books that i could refer to.

thinking along the line of exposed rafter ends gable ladder detailing with exposed feature purlin ends.

thanks,

gary

 

[noseall]

come and work with me for 12 months. you will be paid in experience.

i have only built one truss roof in the last 8 years. all the others are trad. we build an average of five extensions per year.

exposed purlins (with scalloped ends), exposed rafters and the like are mainly reserved for those pre-Edwardian, bold buildings, where building maintenance was carried out by a crew of five men sharing a shilling per week.

 

[^woody^]

Get Chudleys "Construction Handbook" or the Mitchels series.

Also TRADA do an excellent 4 page guide - something like "cut rafter" or "traditional rafter" roof principles. I'll have a look for the title later

 

[garyrayne123]

if only but my a**e is glued to the seat doing building reg submissions and specs.

 

[garyrayne123]

scalloped end purlins to gable and exposed rafter at eaves.

this is the detailing I'm doing at the moment. i know you can get dummy GRP products, but don't think these are really suitable

 

[noseall]

i would imagine a regular jigsaw is out of the question when forming a "sexy" gallows end to a 12"x 4" purlin.

 

[garyrayne123]

i would imagine a regular jigsaw is out of the question when forming a "sexy" gallows end to a 12"x 4" purlin.

there a bit beefy. will be a little more slender than that i think. once the qs looks at it will be boxed eaves with plastic fascias and soffits anyway.