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Flat Roof:: The Construction Cost For RCC Roof Slab of Area 25 X 20 Is Approx. 20,000 Rs

Flat roofs are prone to leaks but have a simple design for large buildings. They require a minimum slope of 1:20 for drainage. Earth roofs provide good insulation but require regular maintenance to prevent erosion and leaks. Monopitch roofs slope in one direction and are inexpensive but have a smaller maximum span than gable roofs. Hip roofs are more complicated to construct but protect walls from heavy rain. Conical roofs are commonly used in rural areas due to low cost but have limitations on building size.

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Flat Roof:: The Construction Cost For RCC Roof Slab of Area 25 X 20 Is Approx. 20,000 Rs

Flat roofs are prone to leaks but have a simple design for large buildings. They require a minimum slope of 1:20 for drainage. Earth roofs provide good insulation but require regular maintenance to prevent erosion and leaks. Monopitch roofs slope in one direction and are inexpensive but have a smaller maximum span than gable roofs. Hip roofs are more complicated to construct but protect walls from heavy rain. Conical roofs are commonly used in rural areas due to low cost but have limitations on building size.

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Flat roof:

• The flat roof is a simple design for large buildings in which columns are not a
disadvantage. Flat roofs are prone to leaks. To prevent pools of water from
collecting on the surface, they are usually built with a minimum slope of 1:20 to
provide drainage.

• The roof structure consists of the supporting beams, decking, insulation and a
waterproof surface. The decking, which provides a continuous support for the
insulation and surface, can be made of timber boards, plywood, chipboard,
metal or asbestos-cement decking units or concrete slabs.

The construction cost for RCC roof slab of area 25′ x 20′ is approx. 20,000 Rs.

Earth roof:

• Soil-covered roofs have good thermal insulation and a high capacity for storing
heat. The traditional earth roof is subject to erosion during rain, and requires
regular maintenance to prevent leakage. The roof is laid rather flat, with a slope
of 1:6 or less.
• The supporting structure should be generously designed of preservative-treated
or termite-resistant timber or poles, and should be inspected and
maintained periodically because a sudden collapse of this heavy structure could
cause great harm. The durability of the mud cover can be improved by
stabilizing the top layer of soil with cement, and it can be waterproofed by
placing a plastic sheet under the soil. Figures below show two types of earth
roof.
However, the introduction of these improvements adds considerably to the cost of
the roof. Therefore the improved earth roof is a doubtful alternative for lowcost
roofing and should be considered only in dry areas where soil roof construction is
known and accepted.

Monopitch roof:

• Monopitch roofs slope in only one direction and have no ridge.


• They are easy to build and comparatively inexpensive.
• The maximum span with timber members is about 5 metres, so wider buildings
will require intermediate supports.
• Also, wide buildings with this type of roof will have a high front wall, which
increases the cost and leaves the bottom of the high wall relatively unprotected
by the roof overhang.
• When using corrugated steel or asbestos-cement sheets, the slope should be
not less than 1:3 (17° to 18°). A lower sloping angle may cause leakage, as strong
winds can force water up the slope.
• The rafters should always be properly fixed to the walls or posts to resist the
uplift forces of the wind.

Double-pitched (gable) roof:

• A gable roof normally has a centre ridge with a slope to either side of the
building.
• With this design, the use of timber rafters provides for a greater free span (7–8
metres) than a monopitch roof.
• Although the monopitch design may be less expensive for building widths up
to 10 metres, the inconvenience of many support columns favours the gable
roof.
• The gable roof may be built in a wide range of pitches to suit any of several
types of roofing material. Figure below shows a number of the elements
associated with a gable roof.

Hip roof:

• A hip roof has a ridge in the centre and four slopes.


• Its construction is much more complicated, requiring compound angles to be
cut on all of the shortened rafters and provision for deep hip rafters running
from the ridge to the wall plate to carry the top ends of the jack rafters.
• The tendency of the inclined thrust of the hip rafters to push out the walls at the
corners is overcome by tying the two wall plates together with an angle tie.
• At the hips and valleys, the roofing material has to be cut at an angle to make it
fit.
• The valleys are prone to leakage, and special care has to be taken in the
construction.
• Four gutters are needed to collect the rainwater from the roof, but this does not
necessarily mean that there will be an increase in the amount of water collected.
As this is an expensive and difficult way to roof a building, it is only
recommended in cases where it is necessary to protect mud walls or unplastered
brick walls against heavy driving rain and, for wide buildings, to reduce the
height of the end walls.

Conical roof:

• The conical roof is a three-dimensional structure that is commonly used in rural


areas.
• It is easy to assemble and can be built with locally available materials, making it
inexpensive.
• It must be constructed with a slope appropriate to the roofing materials to
prevent it from leaking.
• The conical roof design is limited to rather short spans and to either circular
buildings or to small, square buildings.
• It does not allow for any extension. If modern roofing materials are used, there
is considerable waste because of the amount of cutting needed to secure a
proper fit.
• A conical roof structure requires rafters and purling and, in circular buildings, a
wall plate in the form of a ring beam. This ring beam has three functions:

1. To distribute the load from the roof evenly to the wall.


2. To supply a fixing point for the rafters.
3. To resist the tendency of the inclined rafters to press the walls outwards
radially by developing tensile stress in the ring beam. If the ring beam is
properly designed to resist these forces and secondary ring beams are
installed closer to the centre, a conical roof can be used on fairly large
circular buildings.

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