Roofs used to be simple. The structure had to be sufficiently sloped to allow water to run off. The material couId have included asphalt but it generally contained natural fibres which had some binder mixed in to hold it all together. There were few materials and mixtures. Putting a roof together was labour intensive but labour was inexpensive. Today, millions of square meters of residential and non-residential roofs are covered with water shedding or weatherproofing assemblies. The 1495 North American roofing marketwas approximately $22 billion Canadian ($18 billion in the US [I] and $4 billion in Canada). A roof assembly contains a roof system over a roof deck. The roof system is defined as having the elements which cover, protect and ins...
Rooftop gardens or green roofs have the potential to reduce urban heat island and storm water runoff...
Several hundred new roofing materials have become available in the past two decades. This paper desc...
Examples have been given of the principles to follow in the design of roof flashings. It has been re...
Describes some of the many materials and systems available for residential roofing, typical applicat...
In 1999, a major manufacturer of thermoplastic membranes set out to ?quantify and qualify? how their...
The results indicated that common.ly used foam plastic roof insulations will be damaged if exposed t...
Roofing have played an important part in the process of making buildings nowadays . roof are designe...
Many new roofing systems appear to have considerable advantages over conventional bituminous roofing...
The roofing industry has witnessed tremendous changes in the way we build roofs over the last three ...
In recent years, waterproof membranes made of many new materials have been developed for flat or nea...
Worldwide, there are more than 40 tests to assess the properties of nearly 400 conventional and new ...
Two principles must be followed to obtain adequate roof strength: the rafters must be strong enough ...
Flat roofs in architecture are particularly suitable for large buildings such as factories, warehous...
Roofs in Canada are exposed to a wide variety of structural and climatic stresses: from snow loads a...
Building envelopes are designed to separate the controlled indoor environment from the outdoor envir...
Rooftop gardens or green roofs have the potential to reduce urban heat island and storm water runoff...
Several hundred new roofing materials have become available in the past two decades. This paper desc...
Examples have been given of the principles to follow in the design of roof flashings. It has been re...
Describes some of the many materials and systems available for residential roofing, typical applicat...
In 1999, a major manufacturer of thermoplastic membranes set out to ?quantify and qualify? how their...
The results indicated that common.ly used foam plastic roof insulations will be damaged if exposed t...
Roofing have played an important part in the process of making buildings nowadays . roof are designe...
Many new roofing systems appear to have considerable advantages over conventional bituminous roofing...
The roofing industry has witnessed tremendous changes in the way we build roofs over the last three ...
In recent years, waterproof membranes made of many new materials have been developed for flat or nea...
Worldwide, there are more than 40 tests to assess the properties of nearly 400 conventional and new ...
Two principles must be followed to obtain adequate roof strength: the rafters must be strong enough ...
Flat roofs in architecture are particularly suitable for large buildings such as factories, warehous...
Roofs in Canada are exposed to a wide variety of structural and climatic stresses: from snow loads a...
Building envelopes are designed to separate the controlled indoor environment from the outdoor envir...
Rooftop gardens or green roofs have the potential to reduce urban heat island and storm water runoff...
Several hundred new roofing materials have become available in the past two decades. This paper desc...
Examples have been given of the principles to follow in the design of roof flashings. It has been re...