Timber Clad Pitched Roof

What is a pitched roof.

Timber clad pitched roof.

Natural wood is an ancient material that creates a relaxed ambience and is increasingly being used as a cladding material. Pitched roofs cladding pitched roofs. With rafters collars ties struts ridges underpurlins ceiling joists hanging beams combination hanging and strutting beams pitching plates and so on. Timber is a heavy material that adds strength to your roof but comes at quite the cost.

Some designers are extending this design ethos by cladding the roof in addition to the walls. A traditional roofing choice available in a wide range of styles and finishes. Pitched roofing lends itself to the more traditional materials but there are many more modern alternatives available and we are happy to sit down and discuss the possibilities for your project be it refurbishment or new build. There will need to be a metal roof skin or plastic single ply membrane roof below with standing seams to which you fix timber battens to which in turn you fix your timber planks.

If instead of shingles you want to use cedar planks as a roof finish the timber will end up just being for decorative purposes because you like the look of it. Timber for roof applications must be dimensionally stable as a pitched roof will collect more ultra violet rays than in a vertical application. Creating a seamless timber clad structure and roof is deceptively complex. A pitched roof uses not only the external wall systems but also particular parts of the internal walls.

Timber clad roofs provide the quintessential alpine aesthetic. Timber pitched rooftop construction details focus on the timber construction that is commonly used in most roofing constructions.