Shingle roof - manufacturing technology and styling

Shingle roofing is perhaps the most uncommon type of roofing materials at present. Of course, this piece of wooden dice can not compete with modern soft tile and corrugated durability and durability. But the wooden roof still has its adherents, who understand that its high price is more than paying off with environmental friendliness and safety for the health of quality shingle. In this article, we will tell you what advantages a wooden roof has, what raw materials are used for its manufacture, and also how the dies are laid on the batten.

Virtues

If you look closely, you can guess that the shingle roof visually resembles the structure of coniferous cones. Dies, laid with overlap on each other, under the influence of moisture during the rain swell, preventing the leakage of fluid inside the truss frame. The unique properties of wood give the wooden roof the following advantages:

• A light weight. One square meter of shingles weighs no more than 15-16 kg, which allows you to use a sparse base for flooring, and not to reinforce the roof frame.
• Breathability. The wooden roof due to the properties of this natural material has a high ventilation capacity, which together with a high content of phytoncides in wood forms a healing microclimate in the room.
• Low thermal conductivity. Wood perfectly retains heat, because the wooden roof does not require additional thermal insulation.
• High noise absorption capacity. In terms of noise absorbing ability, shingles are not inferior to a soft roof, effectively quenching the sound of falling drops during rain.
• Long service life. Contrary to the concerns of developers, the roof of wooden shingle provided proper installation and use of quality material has been serving for more than 100 years.
• Environmental Safety. Wood is a unique building material that does not harm human health, but, on the contrary, has a healing and restorative effect on the body.

Important! Many homeowners who like the appearance of wooden shingles, but not ready for the hard work of laying this flooring, prefer soft shingles. It visually imitates the finished roof, however, it is much more convenient to install and maintain.

Wood selection

In order for shingle roofing to serve as much as soft tile or corrugated flooring, it is necessary to choose the right material for the manufacture of dies. High quality of raw materials ensures durability and resistance of the coating to external influences. For the manufacture of shingle use wood of oak, aspen, spruce, fir, cedar, beech and larch. The following requirements are imposed on the quality of the material:

1. No large number of defects. For the manufacture of shingles used smooth, smooth wood without cracks or knots. It is better to use the butt part of the log, since there are practically no branches on it, and therefore no knots.
2. Humidity not more than 21%. To make a high-quality wooden roof, you need to use dried to 19-21%, otherwise it may rot.
3. High density of annual rings. If the annual rings in the structure of the tree are tight, it has greater strength, resistance to mechanical damage.
4. Hardness. Hardwood is denser and more durable than soft wood, so it is better preserved under the conditions of constant exposure to precipitation.

Note! Most often, the main criterion for the choice of wood is the price of the material. Skilled craftsmen note that the best combination of cost and performance characteristics has larch. The wooden roof of this breed of wood has a long service life and resistance to decay.

Shingle manufacturing techniques

Shingle is a wedge-shaped wooden plank with a small groove on the wide edge. In general, blanks are made by hand from larch, spruce and aspen wood. Smooth, smooth logs with a diameter of 30-60 cm are cleaned of bark, divided into blanks 40 or 60 cm long, and then split into 10 mm thick planks. There are two methods for shing preparation:

• Splitting method. A softer shing operation is considered splitting. This method consists in driving a wedge into a wooden chock, and then splitting it into dies of the desired thickness.
• Sawing method. Another method of making shingles is sawing. It has a higher speed of work, as it is possible to saw a tree with a circular saw or grinder.

Consider that it is better to produce blanks for a wooden roof by splitting, because using this technology does not damage the wood fibers, the integral structure of which determines the strength and resistance to water.

Roofing Cake

Shingle roofing is not the most common constructive solution, in modern housing construction it is used much less often than soft roll and piece roofing or metal tile. Most developers fear the high price of this coverage. The square meter of shingles made of larch wood on average costs 1500-1700 rubles. The design of the wooden roof has the following features:

1. The minimum allowable slope for laying wooden shingle is 18-19 degrees. The greater the slope angle of the slopes, the longer the shingles are used.
2. For the installation of a piece of wood cover used a solid base of edged boards or sparse crate of square bar
3. If waterproofing is used in the structure, it must be vapor-permeable so as not to reduce the ventilation of the structure. Otherwise, the coating stops breathing and then starts to rot.

Dies are fixed with long roofing nails with wide hats, boiled in drying oil. Such processing allows fasteners to more easily enter the tree without splitting shingles.

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