Scottish Roof Construction
Slate has been used for this purpose for centuries.
Scottish roof construction. Hi any help would be appreciated i have just bought an old croft house in the highlands of scotland. 23 jun 2013 messages. There are two basic methods of pitched roof construction. Scottish slate is a long lasting roofing material and although slate roofs have a finite life a lifespan of up to or beyond 100 years is quite common.
If you want to add to your roof but it does not meet the conditions for permitted development you have to apply. More subtitled videos by me. Discussion in roofing and guttering started by luxmore100 23 jun 2013. Slate is one of the most widely used building materials in scotland.
Https youtu be tg4hflv0fy4 like share subscribe for. The guidance is not prescriptive and other methods of meeting the functional standards will exist. Typically a scottish practice the roofing underlay is laid directly over a series of sarking boards fixed to the roof rafters with the roof slates nailed directly to the sarking boards. For more information on what is considered a permitted development when adding to your roof read the scottish government s guidance on householder permitted development rights publication and go to section 4 42.
It s wise to inspect slate roofs regularly to spot potential problems as soon as they appear. Scottish roof structures seem to have been a neglected area within the construction history studies. Emerging research hanke 2006 newland 2010 crone and mills 2012 has started to. Scottish slate roofs have a number of characteristics which make them well suited to both the local climate and the nature of the material produced by slate quarries in scotland.
Scottish slate has a well earned reputation as a long lasting material. The roof is fibre cement slates nailed directly onto sarking boards. Accredited construction details scotland 2007 this document provides guidance and one method to meet some of the requirements of the functional standards set out in regulation 9 of the building scotland regulations. Overview the roof covering is a building s first line of defence against the weather.