Exact specifications vary but most concrete roofs are several inches thick.
Concrete pitched roof section.
A concrete roof is exactly what it sounds like.
Some homeowners in an effort to have the best of both worlds have chosen to build a flat deck concrete roof and place a rafter or truss system above it to have a more traditional roof profile.
Because typical concrete is porous it needs to be treated with an additive such as xypex which makes the concrete waterproof.
A pitched roof is a roof that slopes downwards typically in two parts at an angle from a central ridge but sometimes in one part from one edge to another.
A solid slab of concrete capping the top of your house.
However asphalt shingles may be installed at a pitch between 2 12 to less than 4 12 if two layers of type 15 felt applied shingle fashion are used and the shingles are self sealing.
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Roof concrete right retained the concrete for the final layer creating a tiered slope.
A 900 square foot flat roof in the san francisco area made of concrete tiles costs.
According to improve net s online roofing calculator a flat roof is significantly cheaper than a pitched roof.
The gleaming white finish above was achieved with two applica tions of an elastomeric coating.
All photos courtesy enviro safe concrete roofing system inc.
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The minimum roof pitch for asphalt shingles is 4 12.
Conventional shoring supports formwork joists and stringers for the roof.
For example the florida based company hurricane proof systems offers a 7 inch 18 centimeter slab of concrete in three layers.
In the event of a natural disaster the pitched roof above can be lost without losing the integrity of the structure below.
Even though a treated concrete slab is waterproof standing water on a roof terrace should be avoided and so all roof terrace slabs should be built with a small slope to ensure that all water is drained.