Building a roof with our own hands correctly and efficiently

As you know, the roof is considered the "head" of each housing. And the appearance will depend on the whole effect of the house. If you decide to do everything yourself, you need to understand how to properly build the roof of the house. First of all, it is worthwhile to get a little acquainted with the construction theme, since the creation of roof elements is not a simple and easy task. In this case, all your skills and knowledge will be required.

It is worthwhile to understand that much depends on the quality of the installation of rafters. They will be responsible for protection from natural influences. Our ancestors also called them the basis of any roof. Therefore, in order to answer the question of how to build the roof of the house qualitatively and for centuries, all attention should be paid to the installation of rafters.

If you decide to create a "head" at home on your own, then you need to select the right material. Usually wood is used. It has such advantages as price accessibility, ease of processing and environmental cleanliness. In order to build rafters, you will only need to purchase boards with a thickness of 50 millimeters and a width of 150 millimeters. A lot will also depend on the quality of the boards.

So, we build the roof with our own hands. Thanks to modern technologies, rafters can be created almost any shape, type and texture. In general, many people opt for a gable roof. It consists of certain elements.

1. Rafter "legs" that hold each other.
2. Vertical "filly", which connects the rafter "legs."
3. Tightenings from the bar, performing the same function as the "mare".

If you have decided for yourself, say, everything, we build a roof with our own hands, and made a choice in favor of a gable form, then these elements should not be forgotten.

A classic gable roof can be created with an emphasis in the walls or with a ledge of "mares" for the size of the house. If we build a roof with our own hands with an emphasis in the walls, then we provide a higher rigidity of the support. When removing for the size of the structure formed a kind of protection from precipitation. The simplest version of a gable roof is formed due to the rafter "leg", spacer, "filly", tightening and matrix. The order of all the works will be as follows:

• Raise two bars up;
• Join the rafter "legs";
• We emphasize the "feet" on the Mauerlat;
• Arrange a stump;
• We establish rafters from that party on which two gables are located;
• We fix the rafters to the Mauerlat with nails.

Rafters are located at a distance of about one and a half meters. Tightening at the same time cuts into the rafters themselves and is fixed by means of screws. If we build a roof with our own hands without a special retaining wall, then it is required to strengthen the tightening with the "skate" of the entire system by the "grandmother".

If we take into account the saddle roof, then there are practically no differences from the technology of its creation. The difference is that the retaining "leg" serves as an alternative to the support itself. When creating an additional room on the roof, the area needs to be expanded. In other words, the side walls should be raised higher.