Frame A Pitched Concrete Roof

Wood 2x2s placed on the roughly finished first layer of roof concrete right retained the concrete for the final layer creating a tiered slope.

Frame a pitched concrete roof.

The blocks come in several sizes but this guide will assume you are using a 16 3 4 inch wide concrete slab. See exactly how i made a simple porch roof step by step. The steel joists will provide a strong foundation for the flat concrete. On the body of the square the longer side input the 12 and input the 7 on the tongue the shorter side of the square by lining up the stair gauges at the corresponding point on the square.

The same product was used on the exterior walls which were carved to resemble ashlar cut limestone. Then the lower chord of the truss served as framing for the finished ceiling. A roof with a pitch of less than 5 has a shallow slope and a roof pitch of more than 8 appears to have a steep slope. Mono the mono roof is a single very low pitched roof used mostly on contemporary homes.

Step 3 placing the steel joists. When using a truss 1 roof the framing process. Framing are suitable for the channels. In wood frame construction the pitch of the roof is determined by the way the framing components are laid out cut and assembled in place.

Then a concrete mixture is poured spread through the framework and reinforced with steel bars which serve as a kind of skeleton for the cured concrete. These trusses are not intended to carry structural roof load but they proved to be very efficient with only minimal additional support as a shoring system. I chose a pitched roof design and in this video take you through the entire job from start to finis. The roof finish is standing seam metal attached to.

The roof was surfaced with fossilcrete which was stamped and colored to resemble shingles. These frames can either be removable concrete forms or stay in place insulating concrete forms which simply become a part of the finished roof. How to building frame a roof by steel frame amazing smart techniques practical implementation. One of the most crucial step in building a flat concrete roof is to figure out the size of the concrete block you will need.

It uses a single mono truss 1 and often has a pitch lower than 3 inches per foot 2 making it easy to roof but hard to maintain. All photos courtesy enviro safe concrete roofing system inc.