Gable roof of house with own hands

The gable roof construction is very convenient both in the installation and in the of its operation. This design can serve not only reliable home cover, but also become an additional room if you choose the right its internal device and the optimal angle of the skates. A gable roof of the house with your own hands can be installed if there are skills in working with the tree and basic concepts about engineering design schemes, and also with assistants, ready to accept participate in this enough time-consuming process.

There are several types of gable roof constructions, and before is determined and choose the right one, you need to think about what will be located under the roof of - simply an attic or a dwelling.

Gable roof of the house with their own hands - variants of constructions

pedestrian cover option Gable roofs can have a hanging or stratified design. They differ in the arrangement of the retaining and fastening elements.

Do you build a gable roof with your own hands?

We recommend you to familiarize yourself with the material - about how to make rafters with your own hands, besides this you need to read how the rafters are calculated.

In addition, we recommend reading the article about how to calculate the angle of the roof.

Video: basic elements of the roof truss system

Hanging roof truss structure

If the house has no capital partitions and the roofing system will rely only on the side walls, then a more lightweight suspended roof structure is used. It can be used if the distancebetween the walls is from 6 to 14 m .Either way, the suspended rafters give a sufficiently large load on the side walls, therefore, to reduce its , use various horizontal or diagonal connecting elements. They fasten the rafters together and have different names: struts, puffs, headstock or bolt.

Supporting system elements can be fixed to rafters or ridge beam anywhere in the system. For example, the puffs installed at the bottom of the rafters can be used as the joists of the structure.

It should be noted that for rafters and puffs, you need to choose thick enough blanks, especially if the attic will have a living room. The rafters are selected with a size of approximately 55 × 200 mm, but the can only calculate the system and the cross-section of all of its elements.

The installation of the rafter suspension system is carried out in series:

• The bearing of the opposite walls of the structure is covered with waterproofing material - , this is usually a roofing material in several layers .
• On top of it is fixed with Mauerlat anchors. This is a powerful bar on which the rafters will rest and anchor. On the , the same is packed with a pull-off bar, which will also be an overhead beam. Usually the size for the Mauerlat is selected by a bar with a section of 120 × 120 or 150 × 150 mm.
• Further at a distance from each other in 500 ÷ 600 cm butt against the Mauerlat, on the supporting wall, the beams of the attic floor are laid.
• For the convenience and safety of further work on the joists of the floor, a wooden flooring is laid. It turns out an excellent platform on which it will be possible to fasten the rafters to each other.
• Rafters can be stapled in two ways. In the first one, the corners of these elements are cut at a selected angle and fastened with wooden strips or fastening plates.
• In the second case, at the ends of the rafters are cut grooves in the half-tree, which are superimposed on each other and bolted together. For rigidity the parts can be bolted together. Sometimes the grooves are not cut out, and the rafters are simply fastened together, the is also with the - bolts, this method is referred to as the lashing .

• When the first two rafters are fastened, they must be carefully positioned on the Mauerlate, as this will determine the evenness of the installation and fastening of all the other rafters.
• In order for the first and subsequent pairs to be installed correctly, a groove is cut in them, which will allow the rafters to stand firmly on the Mauerlat.

• In addition to groove joints, for rigidity rafters use metal corners, which they are fixed to the Mauerlat with self-tapping screws.
• After installing the first pair of opposing rafters, the second set the same "bunch" on the other side of the structure.
• From one pair to the other, the - cord is pulled and it will become the level at which can be used to equate the with the rest of the rafter pair.

Fastening the rafters to the Mauerlat

In order for the article on the gable roof to remain a multiple step-by-step instruction, step-by-step information on fixing the rafters to the Mauerlat, we carried out in a separate step-by-step technology - a reference to the material.

And about how to cover the roof with corrugated board - read on our portal.

• After the rafters are installed, they are fastened together with a ridge beam, which is installed from the bottom.

• Next, the rafters mount the tightening. If the attic space is residential, then the puffs are high, so that later they become the basis for the ceiling.
• If the room is a common attic, the tightening may be set lower or other reinforcing elements, such as racks or slopes, that connect the rafters and beams overlap.

• can be used to strengthen the structure. For rigidity , all connections are fixed not only with nails or self-tapping screws, but also reinforced with metal plates, corners and staples.

• After the rafter system is finished, the attic floor boards are screwed or nailed to the overlapping beams, and then you can proceed to the arrangement of the roof.

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Suspension System Assembling overhead roof construction

In case there are internal capital partitions in the building, then for it is suitable shelter system, as it can have an emphasis not only the lateral load-bearing walls, but also internal ones. The tilted system is mounted more simply hanging, and the main reference point for it is the fork .But before the installation of the rafters, as in the suspended system, waterproofing and mauerlat are laid on the walls.

The uncontrolled The recessed system can be mounted in various ways:

• In this case, the rafters are fixed to the ridge by metal strips and bolts. On the other hand, the rafters are connected to the Mauerlate by a movable fastening.

• In the second case, the rafters are attached to the ridge from both sides, and to the mauerlat by the way of cutting into it. Sometimes they are fixed additionally, by means of a wire, to the inner part of the wall.

• The third variant of hard fastening is carried out with the help of bars or boards that are mounted horizontally to the rafters, thus reliably connecting them together. In the lower part of the rafters can be fastened in different ways: a movable joint, a metal joint, or with the help of a cut into the Mauerlat.

Using this roof system with floating rafter fasteners, it is possible to relieve tension from the wall structure and protect them from premature damage.

It is the floating attachment that is the hallmark of of the shelter system.

The spacer system with the device for the layered design is also sometimes used. In this case, the lower part of the rafters rigidly is fixed to the Mauerlat, and the removal of the load from the walls is entrusted to the established puffs and struts.

This system can not be called fully hanging or naslonnoy - it is a combined version, which includes the elements of one and the other.

When the rafter system is installed, it is possible to fasten the structure for the roofing to it .

Roof covering with insulation

Roofing equipment is produced in different sequences, but the is the most common and the effective system consists of the following layers :

At given the figure is clearly visible all the materials of the roofing "pie":

1. The system's lining from the inside - it can be plywood, boards or moisture resistant gypsum board. This layer will be fixed in the last turn.

2. The vapor barrier layer of the film .

3. Rafters.

4. Insulation - Usually one of the types of mineral wool in mats is used for this layer.

5. Waterproofing film .

6. Counter-races .

7. Slate( or other roofing coating )

• On the rafters the waterproofing material is laid - this can be one of the modern composite membranes, which today produces a large amount of , and can be and the usual polyethylene high density film.

Its is stretched according to of the roof surface, laying the overlapping the by 200 ÷ 250 mm, and fasten with brackets using the stepper to the rafters.

• On top of the waterproofing, the counterweight with a thickness of 30 ÷ 50 mm is stuffed onto each rafter. It will create a dividing ventilation space between the waterproofing and the roofing material.
• Further, perpendicular to the counter-rests is packed crate .The distance between the of its adjacent guides is calculated according to the length of the sheets of material to be covered by the roof.
• Before the begins to lay the roofing material, the holders of the drainage system in the form of hooks or the curtain rod fix the battens on the lower rail.

• Then you can proceed to the roofing material flooring. He begins to lay off the cornice, that is, from the bottom, row after row rising to the ridge. Roof sheets are laid from left to right overlapping the for one wave and fixed to the crate with special screws with an elastic nozzle that will cover the holes formed from the penetration of moisture.
• After the fastening of the roofing material, the roof element of the ridge is immediately installed and screwed. For each roofing material, a variant of the ridge covering is made.

After the to the rope cover is laid, and the attic is no longer threatened by atmospheric precipitation, you can proceed to insulating and finishing works from the inside.

• Between rafters lay insulation , starting from floor attic and gradually rising to the ridge. If the attic room is residential, then the insulation is fixed in two or even three layers. For this, the lath from the bars is packed on the rafters at a distance of the width or length of the insulation mats.

• Next, the insulation is tightened with vapor-insulating film, which must be fixed with brackets on the crate .
• Then the entire inner area of ​​the roof of the attic is closed with a finishing material.

Thermal insulation of the gable roof

The gable roof in the order of insulation is like an attic.

For the insulation of the attic read on our portal - a link to the material.

If there is confidence that the entire roof will be covered in one day and its does not rain, you can act in the reverse order.

• From inside the attic, the vapor barrier is pulled and the finishing material is fixed, and the rest of the work is carried out from the outside.
• Between rafters the heater is stacked, in the figure it is shown under No. 2 .
• Further, the windproof, waterproofing material is laid on top of the insulation( 3).It is fastened with with counterback ( 4).
• Then the crate ( 5) is stuffed.
• Then follows the laying of the roofing( 6).

Video: installation of insulated roofing pie

If the roof is to be used soft roof, the design of the "pie" will look slightly different.

• On the rafters are fixed sheets of plywood according to the scheme shown in the picture. This method of fastening is designed for compensatory expansion of the material under the influence of temperature differences.

• Then, the top of the plywood is covered with a layer of waterproofing. For this version of the roof, the is suitable ruberoid, laid overlapping .Cloths are spread from the bottom of the roof and nailed along the upper side to the plywood, and joints between them( width not less than 100 mm) are smeared with mastic.

• After the mastic has dried, the roofs begin to cover the soft roof from the bottom of the roof slopes according to the pre-made markings. The material is laid lapped and nailed with special nails. Each row starts to lay on one side of the roof, for example, from left to right.

• After finishing the laying of roofing material on both slopes of the roof, you need to carefully close the gap on the ridge.

Decoration of the gable roof

Any roof will not look like the of the completed if the pediment is not framed. If the house is stone and has thick enough walls, the pediment can also be erected from brick or foam blocks. Very often this part of the roof, if it is made of the mentioned materials, erect still before the installation of the truss system and roof installation.

A wooden house requires the of a light gable trim, and its is most often done after the installation of the roof structure and roofing has been completed.

If there is no crate on the gable part, its must be mounted. In the proposed scheme, the proportions of the -like can be clearly seen if the planking boards are installed vertically. With horizontal plating, the lath is fixed vertically. In the case when the is planned to install a window or door in the front part, it is necessary to take into account in the frame system of the battens - apertures , which are framed by a bar, are left in place.

The cover can be made of a lining made of wood or plastic. If the gable of the attic is lined, in which the will have a living room, it, like the roof slopes, will need to be thoroughly insulated.

When several layers of insulation are installed, will have from inside the pediment wall to mount as yet one crate , between which there will be a thermal insulation, and itself fixes the interior decoration of the room.

If you choose a plastic material for the exterior design of the pediment, it is best to install it on its on the plywood, which is fastened to the crate self-tapping screws. Since plastic has a high thermal conductivity, it can be used only as a decorative material - it can not cope with the task of thermal insulation.

Do not forget about the layer of windproof and waterproof film . Its is fastened to the crate before the is lined with its with a wooden or plastic lining.

Insulation as well as on skates, inside the attic is tightened with a vapor barrier, and only on the the is fitted with an interior finish. All joints between the roof and the pediment should be well sealed. This can help mounting foam, tow, or mineral wool, which is compacted to the limit in the cracks. From the top of the slot for decorativeness, it is necessary to seal with putty on wood.

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gable edging option

The construction of the - roof is quite complicated, the is a time-consuming and even a dangerous task, therefore it must be performed by specialists who know the installation technology and the safety rules when performing work. If the owner of a house under construction does not possess this knowledge and experience, it is better to turn to professionals.