The choice of material for the roof - which is better?

Those who are engaged in building their own brick, wooden house, garage, dacha will have a question - what materials are better for the roof of the house?

In construction shops, a wide range of roofing materials is presented in the markets: metal, tile, corrugated board, soft tile, roofing felt and others.

From each other they differ not only in appearance, but also in quality, price, their characteristics.

To cover the roof for a long time did not have to shift and repair, you need to choose the best option.

For this, it is necessary to study all the characteristics of various types of roofs, consult with experts, acquaintances and friends who have already installed the roof on their site, and determine which is better.

Characteristics of corrugated board

Construction of a wooden house, cottage, garage - it's expensive. Despite this, the materials do not save.

Profiled sheeting is used to achieve such goals: to make a quality roof covering and save money. This material is of high quality, durable, has an affordable price.

In the building materials market, it is presented in several forms:

• Profiled sheeting, uncoated from polymer. Its price is only 60 percent of the cost of corrugated board with a polymer coating. Such sheets are used for the erection of a garage, outbuildings;
• Corrugated board made of ferrous metal - this kind of covering does not have;
• Copper or aluminum corrugated board;
• Corrugated board, which is specially used for roofing.

Each kind of this roofing material has different thickness, width of sheets, coloring.

Choosing a profiled metal for the roof, it is worth paying attention to the feature - the roofing corrugated board has a capillary groove.

It is designed to ensure that the melted rainwater flows down unhindered. It is worth buying such profile sheets.

If the groove bent, flattened, then this sheet is not suitable for roofing. Profiled sheeting, which is designed for decoration of the facade, is also not recommended for roofing.

The profiled metal is a cold material, therefore on a skeleton it is necessary to lay a heater.

Waterproofing film is also mandatory. It will prevent moisture from entering the roofing cake.

Features and Benefits of Metal Tiles

Metal tiles are a common material for roofing, which is tilted.

The material is durable, lightweight, so it is suitable for covering buildings without even a foundation: a garage, outbuildings. Thanks to a wide palette, the metal tile will be in harmony with the walls.

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By equipping the roof with tiles, it is worth paying attention to the preparation of the base. Due to the propensity to corrosion, metal is placed only on waterproofing, vapor-insulating materials.

Otherwise, moisture will penetrate the surface of the sheets and form corrosion.

Metal tile has a special property - high thermal conductivity. If you do not lay under it thermal insulation, then the material will protect the room only from rain and snow.

For soft insulation, a soft substrate, such as basalt fiber, fiberglass, polystyrene or expanded polystyrene boards, is suitable. It is important that the insulation is not wet.

For this purpose, a film is placed on its inner side that does not allow moisture to pass through. You can purchase special rolls for these purposes.

Reflective aluminum film isolates the material from steam, condensate.

Metal roofing for roofing should be ventilated.

Waterproofing should be made of quality materials to prevent the appearance of "cold bridges", as a result of fogging the metal will collapse.

Metal tile is used to cover houses that do not have fanciful, exquisite forms, for arranging the garage roof, summer kitchen, other buildings.

Decoration of clay tiles, its features

Clay tiles look very stylish and expensive on the roof of any house. Especially this roofing material looks exquisite, if the walls are decorated in the same style with a roof.

Tiles from clay have some features that are important to consider when choosing it for roofing.

The material has a large weight, so the construction of the roof must be strengthened: to install thick-walled beams, a strong crate. All this leads to an increase in the cost of construction work.

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Clay tiles will not cause trouble when laying. Even a novice builder with this job will be able to cope perfectly.

During installation, the material leaves little waste, is reliable and durable.

It is necessary to install a soft vapor barrier for ceramic tiles. The material can be any thickness. Among modern, we can note multi-layer mats.

In them, the reflective film is combined with the insulation in the form of air bubbles.

Using this material, it is worth noting - a thin insulation does not provide sound insulation, so it is necessary to lay an additional layer of soundproof material.

Slate characteristics

The main advantage of slate is its low cost. Before the appearance of the newest roofing materials, the slate was very popular during construction.

In the installation of slate is not complicated, the material is durable and suitable for the roof of a garage, a wooden structure or a small house.

It's worth knowing that the slate contains asbestos, so experts do not recommend using it for the roof of a house where people will live permanently.

You can not decorate the roofs of houses either, because the slate is only available in gray color.

Having decided to cover the roof with slate, you need to carefully choose it when buying.

The low-quality material will be too fragile and will crumble during its transportation and installation.

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When covering the roof with slate, a heater is needed. A soft layer is laid under a layer of sheets of roofing material. It is important that the insulation is a waterproofing film.

Otherwise, the material that retains heat will lose its properties.

Ondulin - flexible tile

A tile made of clay can be used for laying on roofs having a regular geometric shape. But what if the roof has a complex structure? Ondulin for such roofs will do the best.

Onduline is produced from cellulose fibers impregnated with polymeric substances.

The front side of the sheets is covered with acrylic paint or vinyl, so that the material will not burn out in the sun and peel off.

Due to its properties, ondulin is very popular:

• is lightweight - it can cover a large area;
• high strength;
• has water repellent properties;
• is not exposed to mold, corrosion;
• resistant to alkali, acid, gasoline, industrial gases;
• high service life.

Installation of the ondulin should be carried out on a hard surface, therefore, it is necessary to make the roof crate qualitatively.

Correctly laid ondulin will not create vibrations, rattling under the influence of wind.

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Insulation under the ondulin must be stacked. Thermal losses without such a layer will exceed the cost of purchasing and installing heat material many times over.

It is worth taking into account the features of the interlayer, which will retain heat:

• soft layer should be of high quality, only so the insulation will keep heat;
• a soft insulating part is important to choose eco-friendly;
• heater must be non-combustible;
• it is not necessary to purchase a heater that has an unpleasant smell, it will not be possible for the
• to get rid of it when it penetrates into the room;
• heater must not change the thickness, size in use;
• moisture should not be absorbed into the heater;
• soft interlayer should withstand frost.

Thanks to a wide range of colors, the ondulin can be used for the roofing of any building - a garage, a summer kitchen, a cottage, an apartment house.

It will take any form, and non-standard roofing will become an ornament of the entire structure.

Rolled materials

Soft roof suitable for the roof of a wooden house, garage, villa, stone structure, other structures.

For many years, this material has proven itself to be of high quality and reliable, so even today it is used to cover the roof.

It's inconvenient to lay roll coverings at a great angle, therefore, experts recommend covering them with surfaces that have a slope angle of no more than 30 degrees.

Soft roofing can be of several types: roofing sheets, glassine, ruberast, glass ruberoid, euroruberoid, roll membrane materials.

Today, manufacturers use new technologies for their production, which is why it's easier to lay materials and increase the service life.

The roll coating can be stacked in several ways. For convenience, all work on the covering of a wooden, brick house, garage, utility room should be carried out together.

With a mechanical laying method, the soft roof is laid using nails. They fix the film insulation with a roll coating.

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The coating material can be glued, or it can be welded to the roof with a gas burner.

When installing a soft roof, do not neglect the quality insulation. It should not pass moisture, be resistant to frost and do not let steam in the heat.

The quality of the roofing pie will depend on the insulation.

The soft material for the roof is very elastic, it will not dry out during the summer heat, but will not crack in the frost. Among such coatings there are materials and very expensive, and quite affordable.

But all of them keep their properties for a long time during operation.

What to choose for roofing?

It's impossible to say exactly which roof to choose. Which roof is better - for each owner of a private house the answer will be different.

For one more important is the quietness of the coating, for another - the ability to simply and quickly cover the roof, and for the third - the attractiveness of the coating.

Someone prefers hard material, such as metal, ceramics, and someone chooses a soft one.

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The decision on the choice of roofing material should be taken after acquaintance with the characteristics, properties of each material.

Value plays an important role. It is necessary to pay attention to the climate, where the construction of a stone, wooden house, garage, dacha will be conducted.