The House / Shop Building Thread
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The House / Shop Building Thread
With FTE being a website with so many users, and such diverse backgrounds. Thought a thread for people who have questions and those who have the knowledge to answer those questions would be good.
So if you're building a house, shop, shed, deck etc ask here.
So if you're building a house, shop, shed, deck etc ask here.
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I will kick off the new thread.
Most houses have a peaked roof.
I have built using trusses in the past, and understand insulating them, and the importance of properly venting an attic.
But in a single slope roof, how are they insulated and vented?
Hopefully next summer I will be starting to break ground on a new house build.
Unless there is a good reason not to build a single slope roof, that is what I want it to be.
Very uncommon up here, are they a problem to own after a while due to any reason like no breathing space etc?
How is best to insulate them?
Is spray foam best or ?
I've only used fiberglass batt style insulation in an attic.
Most houses have a peaked roof.
I have built using trusses in the past, and understand insulating them, and the importance of properly venting an attic.
But in a single slope roof, how are they insulated and vented?
Hopefully next summer I will be starting to break ground on a new house build.
Unless there is a good reason not to build a single slope roof, that is what I want it to be.
Very uncommon up here, are they a problem to own after a while due to any reason like no breathing space etc?
How is best to insulate them?
Is spray foam best or ?
I've only used fiberglass batt style insulation in an attic.
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Thanks Tim.
Not sure why, but I have always liked houses and shops etc I see that are a single slope roof. In my area though they are extremely uncommon.
Not even one in my entire town.
So I am only hesitant because I wonder if there is some bad problem with them, so nobody builds them.
Great link Tim, I have not seen that one before
Not sure why, but I have always liked houses and shops etc I see that are a single slope roof. In my area though they are extremely uncommon.
Not even one in my entire town.
So I am only hesitant because I wonder if there is some bad problem with them, so nobody builds them.
Great link Tim, I have not seen that one before
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In some cases it may be better for snow areas. It will all slide off one side, so cleaning up should be easier...well potentially.
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Reasonably steep in my case as i plan it, and metal which is slippery.
I am just a stupid pilot and mechanic, so not sure what the pitch is called sorry.
But it will drop 12 feet in a span of 50 feet. Sounds steep to me, but I am not a builder so unsure.
I am just a stupid pilot and mechanic, so not sure what the pitch is called sorry.
But it will drop 12 feet in a span of 50 feet. Sounds steep to me, but I am not a builder so unsure.
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That would be about a 4-12 pitch Ian 4 inches of rise to 12 inches of span
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Glad I am just sketching it and not building it lol
Hire contractors that know what they are doing.
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Snowfall varies here.
We can get just 3 inches total some years....or maybe 18 inches in a bad year.
There will be a beam full width at not exactly center but close.
The lower half of the roof will have a span of 24 feet to the beam. The upper half will span 26 feet.
We can get just 3 inches total some years....or maybe 18 inches in a bad year.
There will be a beam full width at not exactly center but close.
The lower half of the roof will have a span of 24 feet to the beam. The upper half will span 26 feet.
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I have a 4/12 pitch on my metal roof and the snow stays on it until spring and there has been more than 4 feet of snow on it. It sounds like a freight train when the snow eventually slides off in the spring. I only have 24 foot trusses so the span is only 12 feet of that slope plus the 2 foot overhang at the eave. Just food for thought..
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Thanks Tim.
Not sure why, but I have always liked houses and shops etc I see that are a single slope roof. In my area though they are extremely uncommon.
Not even one in my entire town.
So I am only hesitant because I wonder if there is some bad problem with them, so nobody builds them.
Great link Tim, I have not seen that one before
Not sure why, but I have always liked houses and shops etc I see that are a single slope roof. In my area though they are extremely uncommon.
Not even one in my entire town.
So I am only hesitant because I wonder if there is some bad problem with them, so nobody builds them.
Great link Tim, I have not seen that one before