Roofs

Roof, the top layer of a house, protects it from being exposed to the weather, and directs rainfall water away – hence its usually at least partly sloped shape. The main components of a roof are the attic and the roof deck. The main structure is usually wooden or ferroconcrete. This type of construction allows various ways of using the attic space – of late, the attics get often reconstructed into regular living spaces. Based on its shape, we distinguish between flat, gable, mansard, pent, pyramidal, saw-tooth, shell, suspended and spire roofs. The most common roofing material is fired tile. Simple natural materials – thatches for instance – were used in the past, but the durability and practicality was lacking in comparison with today’s materials. The most common types of roof tiles are the so-called bobrovka (plane tile), falcovka, brněnka, prejz (the hollow tile) etc. Another option is to cover the roof with asphalt, slate, tin, eternit etc.An important parameter to consider when choosing a particular roof type is the weight and permeability of the roofing material. The standard concrete roof tile has excellent permeability, but is very heavy; tin on the other hand is light, but is lacking in permeability.The customer’s own taste also comes into play: concrete roof tiles are dyed with iron oxides and not all colours are available; artificial materials on the other hand are covered with plastic foils in different colours that protect the roofing material from the weather.