Roofing materials provide shelter from the elements and come in many forms. Common roofing materials include corrugated galvanized iron sheets, roof shingles, and other options like fiberglass, slate, or metal. Galvanized iron is a popular choice due to its cost, durability, and ease of installation. Proper installation is important to prevent leaks, and factors like a roof's slope and the area's climate should guide material selection. Maintenance and repair are also considerations when choosing a roofing system.
Roofing materials provide shelter from the elements and come in many forms. Common roofing materials include corrugated galvanized iron sheets, roof shingles, and other options like fiberglass, slate, or metal. Galvanized iron is a popular choice due to its cost, durability, and ease of installation. Proper installation is important to prevent leaks, and factors like a roof's slope and the area's climate should guide material selection. Maintenance and repair are also considerations when choosing a roofing system.
Roofing materials provide shelter from the elements and come in many forms. Common roofing materials include corrugated galvanized iron sheets, roof shingles, and other options like fiberglass, slate, or metal. Galvanized iron is a popular choice due to its cost, durability, and ease of installation. Proper installation is important to prevent leaks, and factors like a roof's slope and the area's climate should guide material selection. Maintenance and repair are also considerations when choosing a roofing system.
Roofing materials provide shelter from the elements and come in many forms. Common roofing materials include corrugated galvanized iron sheets, roof shingles, and other options like fiberglass, slate, or metal. Galvanized iron is a popular choice due to its cost, durability, and ease of installation. Proper installation is important to prevent leaks, and factors like a roof's slope and the area's climate should guide material selection. Maintenance and repair are also considerations when choosing a roofing system.
Roof – the top covering of a building that serves as a protective covering from the weather. Roofing materials refer to the kind of materials used in the construction of the roof. Roofing material is the outermost layer on the roof of a building, sometimes self-supporting, but generally supported by an underlying structure. The roofing material of building provides shelter from the natural elements. The outer layer of a roof shows great variation dependent upon availability of material, and the nature of the supporting structure. Roofing materials may be placed on top of a secondary water-resistant material called underlayment. Roofing is an industry where one works on roofs. This industry is a high risk industry due to the injuries that one can sustain in this job environment. Roofing is focused on the upper layer of a house or building. Roofing on a house is considered residential and building as commercial. What to Look for in a Roof • How long will it last? • Does it hold up during natural disasters such as wildfires or hurricanes? • Is it too heavy for the existing roof framing? • Does the roof have enough slope? • Will the look complement the style of the house? • Are the materials eco-friendly and recyclable? • Is the type of roofing allowed by local building codes? • And finally, how much does it cost? Pros and Cons Slope of the roof and strength of the framing could limit the choices for roofing materials. In areas prone to wildfires or typhoons, look for a product with a high fire rating or good wind resistance. Steps can be taken during the installation of many types of roofing to improve their resistance to fire or wind. Forms of roofing classified according to the materials used 1. Fiber 2. Reinforced concrete 3. Wood 4. Tiles 5. Metal 6. Fiberglass 7. Slate 8. Plastics The roof is not just a structure over our heads but it is also known as the “spine,” or the backbone of the structure – the one that protects or shields the home‟s “vital organs.” Galvanized iron sheets Galvanized iron roofing is either plain or corrugated. The thickness is measured in terms of “Gauge” from numbers 14 to 30. The sheet becomes thinner as the gauge number increases, gauge 20 is thinner than gauge 18. The price of G.I. sheets varies per unit length depending upon the thickness. Gauge 26 is the most commonly used for roofing although gauge 24 is sometimes preferred by those who can afford it. Corrugated G.I. sheet is the most common and extensively used roofing materials. Galvanized roofing is popular because of its cost, availability, durability and ease of installation. The standard commercial size width is 32” (.80m) with length that ranges from 5’ to 12’ (1.50m to 3.60m) Prepainted products can last up to 15 years against corrosion. They also perform better against leaks, being cut according to the length required, thus avoiding horizontal overlapping, which is one of the causes of leaks. They are also installed using a special type of screw called the „tekscrew‟ with rubber washer, which is water tight. Pre-painted long span metal roofing is practical and economical. Less joints mean less chances of leaks. Long-span metal roofing is better to use than commercial-length roofing sheets to eliminate overlapping joints and minimize the potential for leaks. Long-span sheets cover more area, requiring less joints. Both ordinary and long span sheets are readily available in the market. In the Philippines, prepainted long-span metal roofing made of GI sheets are the most preferred. Being prepainted, the GI sheets are already factory-painted (and usually coated with zinc-aluminum to make it more durable and rust resistant). GI roofing sheets is what is referred to when the term „bubong na yero‟ is used. Corrugated G.I. roofing fasteners 1. Riveting – Required are G.I. rivets, lead washers and G.I. washers. Two tinsmiths do the job. 2. Nailing – Simplest and most economical method where G.I. roofings are anchored to the purlins by the use of roof nails and lead washers. Advantages of G.I. rivets 1. Rigidity – The entire roofing acts as one solid covering on top of the roof frame with all parts connected by rivets and washers. 2. Flexibility – The anchorage on the purlins by G.I. straps allow free movement of the materials brought about by the thermal expansion and contraction. Disadvantages of G.I rivets 1. Expensive – due to the various accessories involved aside from the high cost of labor. 2. Difficulty of repair or replacement of defective parts which include dismantling of the ceiling underneath to give access to tinsmithing activities. 3. Statistically, roof damage caused by typhoon are mostly of the riveted types. Advantages of G.I. nails 1. Economical because only nails and washers are involved. 2. Easy to repair or replace defective parts. 3. Failure of roof in case of typhoon will not result to total damage of the entire roof and framing structure. Disadvantages of G.I. nails 1. Water might leak into the nails if not provided with roof cement during the fastening operation. 2. Loose nails allow roof-play and movement which usually invite water to penetrate into the hole. Lapping 1. Side lapping is either 1 ½ or 2 ½ corrugations. 2. End lapping ranges from 20cm to 30cm depending upon the slope of the roof and the number of sheet in a longitudinal row. Roof gutter Roof gutter uses Plain G.I. sheet with gage #24. Gutter is either concealed or exposed type in various forms and designs. It runs level in appearance but should be sloped at 5mm/m run for effective drainage. Flashing Flashing makes intersections and other exposed parts of the house watertight. It provides a smooth border line giving beauty to the structure considering the unlimited variety of designs. Ridge and Hip roll Ridge and hip rolls are unlikely to leak because of the slope that water tends to slide down. Because of its prominency in the structure, it is important to have it well done. Valley roll It is always concealed underneath between the intersecting angles of the roof. The design is limited to a semicircular, U- shape or square type. The gutter needs careful attention to avoid overflow or leak of water. Downspout Downspout conveys the water from the gutter down to the storm drain. The most common size of G.I downspout is the 2” x 4” (5cm x 10cm) ready made commercial standard. For residential works, allow 6sq.cm. downspout to every 10sq.m. roof area with a minimum spacing of 6m apart and a maximum distance of 15m. Roof shingles