A solid roof made of reliable high-quality materials, is perhaps the key factor in the design and construction of the house. And the thing is that at the stage of designing the house is to determine what kind of roof would you like to cover the roof. Projecting roof largely determines the overall look of the house in general and the use of certain building materials such as roof trusses. If you live in a small town, it is possible for the design of the house, of course, buy tickets and go to the city architects for the project, but you can do by local architects, here it all depends on the size of your wallet.
Nowadays, roofs covered with two types of roofing materials - lightweight and heavy. To the relief materials include metal roofing, shingles and « Ondulin ». Ceramic tiles in turn refers to the heavy roof. The most fashionable and popular at the present time the building material for the roof of the roof is metal. Architects and builders in its simplicity attracts stacking, at least for further care and nice modern look. Under both metal roofing should be installed waterproofing layer.
To replace the widely used in the conditions of the domestic construction, roofing material, a new generation of soft roofing materials. The main producers of such materials are the United States and Finland, however, no longer need to buy tickets and go abroad to buy a roof for the house. « Ondulin » shingles, and now you can buy in any supermarket building. For laying roofing materials necessarily need a solid, preferably a wooden surface. The ideal option in this case is water-resistant and plywood and edged board, laid end to end. Soft roofing materials are so popular because they have a bit of a waste, and their installation is available, even a layperson.
« », Ondulin or pressed cardboard, used for the installation of small frame houses. Despite the fact that such a building material is a cardboard, although tight, however, can withstand extreme temperatures and can be easily transported. However, for capital construction of such a building material is not recommended, despite fifty years of the warranty period of its life. It's like buy cheap not on the flight on which you want, and then buy another one. That is a miser pays twice.
However, modern Western architects and builders prefer the natural tile in the construction of cottages and country houses. The secret sympathies architects and longevity of the building material is very simple - no one tested century building material is not afraid of no wind, no rain, no strong frost or heat. For the manufacture of ceramic tiles used a complex process consisting in firing at a 1000- degree temperature molding.
Buying shingles, look first manufacturers of roofing material. Buy only high-quality shingles known manufacturers as such a complex manufacturing process requires special equipment and qualified staff work. Pay attention to any cracks, even hairline cracks on the roof, because such defects lead to a reduction of water resistance and resistance to temperature extremes, and then to the rapid destruction of the roof tiles.