Roofing Materials For New House Construction

The first material required in roof construction is timber. This may be a “cut” roof design whereby the whole timber framework is cut and built on site, or more commonly, “truss” which will use pre made A frames or trusses which are factory made and delivered to site.

A wall plate, a length of 100x75mm timber is cemented onto the top of the supporting walls to which the rafters and joists are fixed.

The trusses are placed at regular Continue reading →