Pitched Concrete Roof House

For example the florida based company hurricane proof systems offers a 7 inch 18 centimeter slab of concrete in three layers.

Pitched concrete roof house.

Photography by george oakley. Cloyd joe warnes a concrete expert and consulting engineer has more than 40 years of experience with pitched concrete roofs. Construction sloping roof concrete easy pour concrete step by step buiding skills. The lightweight steel sloped roof on this home is angled to make the most of winter sun that helps to.

Expect to spend 1 500 to 3 000 to remove your current roof before installing a replacement. Roofing materials have not been used on concrete roofs on houses constructed on the island of guam over their 50 year history. This means that the roof space is at close to outside air temperature. A concrete roof is exactly what it sounds like.

Leaks are rare generally caused by faulty construction practices and are easily repaired. Regardless of how new or modern a house is there is a good chance that it will be topped off with a flat roof now but if you can t picture how great they look we. It should come as no wonder then that these are experiencing a serious comeback right now. Exact specifications vary but most concrete roofs are several inches thick.

Although there is no single standard roof pitch used on all sloped roofs factors such as roofing materials and local climate help to determine the appropriate range of pitches for a given building. Parkcity design build designed this wood clad house in utah. Roof pitch is a measurement of a roof s slope expressed as a ratio. Three of the homes featured a gable roof design one a hip design.

The majority of houses with pitched roofs will have what is now called a cold roof where insulation is laid on the floor of the loft area immediately above the ceiling of the upstairs rooms of the house. A solid slab of concrete capping the top of your house. Each home was designed and constructed using an icf wall system and lite deck icf roof system. He built one of the first all concrete homes in california in 1966 as part of a study by the u s.

Of housing and urban development hud. This is fine for most houses. The savings in eliminating conventional roofing materials will also offset the cost of the concrete roof solution. The project consists of 4 two story single family homes averaging around 725 ft 2 footprint.

The sloped roof on this modern house is angled backwards to maximize natural light inside while enabling snow and rain to drain off at the back.