Scottish Roof Construction

23 jun 2013 messages.

Scottish 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. More subtitled videos by me. 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.

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. Slate has been used for this purpose for centuries. 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.

Https youtu be tg4hflv0fy4 like share subscribe for. Slate is one of the most widely used building materials in scotland. Hi any help would be appreciated i have just bought an old croft house in the highlands of scotland. Overview the roof covering is a building s first line of defence against the weather.

It is particularly well known for its use as a roof covering on many traditional scottish buildings. 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. It s wise to inspect slate roofs regularly to spot potential problems as soon as they appear. These include features such as diminishing courses random lengths and widths of slate single nailing and laying onto sarking board rather than battens figure 1.

Discussion in roofing and guttering started by luxmore100 23 jun 2013. The guidance is not prescriptive and other methods of meeting the functional standards will exist. The roof is fibre cement slates nailed directly onto 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.