What Pitch is a Flat Roof?

 What Pitch is a Flat Roof?

If flat roofs are to work well, they have to have a slope, known as a fall, to shed rainwater. The fall should never be less  flat roofing Cardiff  and preferably about 1:40. There are several methods of building in a fall:

One is to set the cross walls at different heights. Most people shy away from this because they don’t like the idea of having an internal ceiling that slopes

A far more common method is to use ‘firring strips’, which are battens cut at an angle and placed on top of the roof joists

Another possibility is to cut a fall into  Frees up internal space

Freedom to plan interesting shapes beneath a flat roof without having to worry about the way the roof is held up

Immeasurable flexibility

They help to keep the internal temperature stable

With flat roofs you get none of the impression of bulk that you get with a pitched roof, but internal area is not compromised to achieve this

Cheaper to construct than pitched roofs and need less material to cover the same span

, something several businesses now offer — it’s often referred to as tapered insulation

 

 

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