Evroshifer ondulin: a description of the material, advantages, installation

Today there are a lot of roofing materials that allow to build a solid roof. All of them have their own advantages and, of course, are not devoid of shortcomings - as they say, there is nothing ideal in our world. The main thing when choosing such a material is reasonable to weigh all its pluses and minuses, compare them with the proposed requirements for the construction of the roof and only then make a purchase. In this article we will talk about such roofing material as Euroshare, or ondulin. Together with the site "House of Dreams" we will analyze all its positive and negative qualities, we will become acquainted with its production, technical characteristics and installation features.

Evroshifer ondulin

Euroshifter: technical data

Typically, the technical characteristics of any roofing material include parameters such as its dimensions, weight, wavelength, usable area and withstand loads. It is on these technical characteristics of the Euro-scope that we will concentrate:

• Dimensions of the ondulin. This roofing material has standard dimensions - its length is 2000mm, width 960mm and thickness 3mm. In principle, if you draw analogies with other roofing materials, then the size of the Euroshire is not much different from similar sheet materials.
• The next important characteristic of ondulin is the wavelength - on its size it depends how long snow and garbage will remain on the roof surface. Euroshift in this respect is also practically no different from the same metal and has the optimal wave pitch of 95mm. The wave height does not exceed 36mm.
• The weight of the roofing material is an important technical characteristic that affects both the roof rafter device and the convenience of installation. For all its rather large dimensions, the weight of one sheet of Euroschler is only 6.5 kg - in the hands of an experienced installer it will seem just a feather.
• Well, finally, the useful area of ​​this material. If you discard all the overlaps, which provides technology installation ondulina, then one sheet, depending on the slope of the roof can cover a space area of ​​1.29-1.56 m ².

Euroshift - technical characteristics of

Advantages and disadvantages of Euroschlider

Ondulin is made on the basis of natural materials - it includes purified bitumen, many mineral fillers, cellulose fibers are used as a base, polymer resin acts as impregnation, and mineral pigments are used to produce the required color. It is these raw materials that determine the following properties of the Euroshift:

1. Long life( compared to other similar materials) - manufacturers set a guarantee of 20 years, the actual service life is more than 50 years.
2. Ecological cleanliness - absence of harmful components for the human body and the environment make the exploitation of this material absolutely harmless.
3. Strength and ability to withstand high loads. Ondulin is able to withstand heavy weight and withstand shock loads - if it comes to the impact on it of such natural precipitation as hail, the latter will not cause any damage to the roof.
4. Relatively high fire safety. Eurosurf can successfully withstand temperatures up to 300˚C.
5. Light weight. This positive moment allows to minimize both financial and labor costs in the process of transportation and installation of this material. If you compare the cost of laying ondulin with other similar materials, then its installation is cheaper.
6. Increased heat and sound insulation. The roof of ondulin does not drum during the rain and can reduce heat loss.
7. Relatively low cost. Compared with bitumen tiles or metal tiles, the Euroshift has a price of an order( or even two) lower.

Ondulin photo

But, as they say, nothing is perfect. The disadvantages of this material include the following:

1. Friability at low temperatures. In principle, this minus is quite simply solved by strengthening the crate.
2. The characteristic odor of bitumen, which only increases with the increase in ambient temperature.
3. At higher than 300 ° C, the ondulin burns. Increase the fire safety of this material can be by dividing the roof covering into autonomous segments - for these purposes a special separator is used, which is made of heat-resistant materials.
4. The color is not bright enough. Bitumen, used as the main filler, simply does not allow to produce a bright-colored ondulin.

Roof roof euroshard

But all these shortcomings fade in the background of the advantages of Euroshift - it is this combination that makes this roofing material one of the most popular.

Features of the installation of the Euroshifter

Roof from ondulin

By and large, the installation of the Euroshafer differs little from the laying of ordinary slate or metal tile - the ondulin also fits from the bottom upwards, and a small overlap of 10 cm is done. It is fixed with the help of nails or self-tapping screws equipped with a press washer and, as its closest relatives, it requires additional waterproofing in the form of a rolled material rolled along the rafters.

The installation of the ondulin is distinguished by an exceptionally reinforced crate - in order to reduce the detrimental effect of high loads from snow, the crate for this material is laid with a transverse step of 400 mm. Well and in the rest all installation takes place in the standard way.

Euroshift for the roof of the house and the gazebo

In general, despite all the shortcomings and slightly complicated reinforced crate mounting, ondulin remains one of the most sought-after materials. Evroshifer is successfully used as a roofing covering in the construction of almost all types of buildings, including private buildings and public facilities.

Author of the article Vladimir Belov