How to build a roof with your own hands without the help of specialists

After acquiring a land plot, a new and serious task is quite justified: to build your own fortress called "Dom". Its construction can be entrusted to professionals by contacting one of the construction companies. In this case, having spent on materials, it is necessary to pay also for the executed work to the whole brigade. This option is suitable for those who agree to pay more, but do not want to spend their energy and time building the house, preferring to shift these difficulties to other people's shoulders. If the owner of the future home is not going to trust such a responsible process to completely unfamiliar people, it is quite realistic to build a house yourself. In this case, naturally, it will take much more time and effort, and possibly help from friends or relatives.

Touching the topic of independent construction of a house, it is worth paying special attention to the question: "How to build a roof with your own hands?".

First you need to understand the types of roofs. Being familiar with their diversity, you will need to choose a roof suitable for your future home. Today, there are roofs for houses: one-slope, two-slope, four-slope, tent, mansard, conical and pyramidal. However, this list is not exhaustive.

In the construction of residential buildings, the most common is a two-pitched roof, which consists of two planes (slopes) resting on the walls of the house, thus forming a triangular space. A clear advantage of such a roof is that its construction is light enough, the structure is reliable and durable, it allows you to choose almost any material for the roof.

Despite the fact that you'll have to install it yourself, a gable roof with your own hands is not at all difficult to build. Before proceeding directly to the process itself, it is necessary to pay attention to the region where the house will be built, as well as the number and frequency of precipitation, in particular snow. Such important nuances must be taken into account, as the choice of the structure and details of the roof depends on them.

How to build a roof with your own hands, so that it is strong, reliable, durable, protected from rain and heat? The most important thing is to install beam ceilings correctly (translations). As a rule, wooden beams are used as translations. They are installed only on the walls. The distance between them should be about 1.5-2 meters. When laying the floor beams, it is also necessary to take into account the distance from the wall from the outside of the building. It should be at least 40-50 cm. This solution will ensure the safety of the walls of the house from water, which will flow down the roof. In order to make the roof with their own hands for many years, it is also necessary to process all the wooden parts, including the beams with a special solution that will ensure their safety and protect them from decay.

After the beams along the perimeter are installed and fixed, it's time to start installing the rafters. It is very important to pay special attention to them, since they are the bearing element in the whole roof construction. In addition, the rafters are also inclined. Further, it is necessary to make them crate, choosing at the same time reliable fasteners. They may well serve as bolts and staples. Do not forget that it is on the crate that the roofing will be made. After that, you can start directly the process of installing the roof. If by this time there were still doubts about how to build a roof with your own hands and make it a hope, then perhaps it's time to seek professional advice. In the event that everything turns out and the results of their work do not cause any fear, we can continue. When work with roofing materials is completed, it's time to isolate all load-bearing structures. This can be perfectly helped by a layer of materials that have the property of thermal insulation. Such insulation will provide not only the desired temperature in the house, but also extend the durability of all the details of the roof.

After building a roof by own hands it was possible to 100%, and the result pleases, in the list of the building victories it is possible to put a fat tick and it is bold to be taken for the following work.