Uncovering a roof
December 25th, 2008
A two hundred-year old roof, Lake District, UK. Nothing much to say - sometimes you are presented with the facts. How complicated can a simple roof be?
Main structure of king-post trusses and tie beams. Plaster and lath ceiling.
Spindly rafters laid flat; inch-thick board as wallplate. Note the shaping of the top of the hip rafters.
View of window head structure from above: four four inch deep timber lintels side by side with slates above (‘through slates’) to tie the wall together.
Happy Christmas!
January 12th, 2009 at 11:46 am
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May 26th, 2010 at 7:44 am
i think the best roofing are ceramic based because it is a very good insulator..::