Pitched Concrete Roof House

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.

Pitched concrete roof house.

Parkcity design build designed this wood clad house in utah. Three of the homes featured a gable roof design one a hip design. Cloyd joe warnes a concrete expert and consulting engineer has more than 40 years of experience with pitched concrete roofs. This means that the roof space is at close to outside air temperature.

This is fine for most houses. Of housing and urban development hud. Expect to spend 1 500 to 3 000 to remove your current roof before installing a replacement. 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.

Roof pitch is a measurement of a roof s slope expressed as a ratio. The two homes with longer spans required 10 lite deck system the two shorter spans used 6 lite deck. A solid slab of concrete capping the top of your house. It should come as no wonder then that these are experiencing a serious comeback right now.

Construction sloping roof concrete easy pour concrete step by step buiding skills. He built one of the first all concrete homes in california in 1966 as part of a study by the u s. 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. For example the florida based company hurricane proof systems offers a 7 inch 18 centimeter slab of concrete in three layers.

The national average cost to replace a roof is 7 211 with most homeowners spending between 4 707 and 10 460 roof installation cost ranges from 400 to 550 per square depending on the roof size and materials used in reroofing. The project consists of 4 two story single family homes averaging around 725 ft 2 footprint. Each home was designed and constructed using an icf wall system and lite deck icf roof system. 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.

Roofing materials have not been used on concrete roofs on houses constructed on the island of guam over their 50 year history. Leaks are rare generally caused by faulty construction practices and are easily repaired. The savings in eliminating conventional roofing materials will also offset the cost of the concrete roof solution. Exact specifications vary but most concrete roofs are several inches thick.

Photography by george oakley.