Hello. We're planning to build and have found a house we've fallen for. The idea is to also build a garage/workshop of about 120 sqm. The house has a hipped roof, so it seems like it would be most uniform if the workshop also had one. Maybe a silly question, but I'm new to this—can you make a hipped roof there? 120 sqm and about 4.20 in ceiling height
I have built a Melby garage with a hipped roof. I chose Melby garage because they were the only ones I found that had garages with hipped roofs in their standard range.
With Melby garage, you start from a standard width and add as many roof trusses as you like to get the length of the garage you want. But you can also increase the width if you wish. I chose 7.5x10 meters.
But one thing is important to consider with hipped roofs: The point load becomes very high in the hipped roof truss, i.e., the truss where the roof starts to slope down at the short side.
This means that you cannot use edge elements with raised edges, which are good for lifting the sill from the floor, as they cannot withstand such high point loads. There is a variant of edge elements with a raised edge where you reinforce and fill up the raised edge with concrete. These may be able to withstand the point load. I can't quite remember... (maybe it was Jackson elements?).
But you can always build up a layer with Leca blocks yourself if you want to lift the sill a bit.
Regarding Mellby garage: Choose their pre-cut loose timber option as these come with 145mm studs. Do not choose the prefabricated elements as they come with 90 studs. 90 studs become too "spongy," even if they are technically strong enough. My walls started to bulge after the brick was applied. I learned this the hard way
With Melby garage, you start from a standard width and add as many roof trusses as you like to get the length of the garage you want. But you can also increase the width if you wish. I chose 7.5x10 meters.
But one thing is important to consider with hipped roofs: The point load becomes very high in the hipped roof truss, i.e., the truss where the roof starts to slope down at the short side.
This means that you cannot use edge elements with raised edges, which are good for lifting the sill from the floor, as they cannot withstand such high point loads. There is a variant of edge elements with a raised edge where you reinforce and fill up the raised edge with concrete. These may be able to withstand the point load. I can't quite remember... (maybe it was Jackson elements?).
But you can always build up a layer with Leca blocks yourself if you want to lift the sill a bit.
Regarding Mellby garage: Choose their pre-cut loose timber option as these come with 145mm studs. Do not choose the prefabricated elements as they come with 90 studs. 90 studs become too "spongy," even if they are technically strong enough. My walls started to bulge after the brick was applied. I learned this the hard way
I have no problem with snow sliding down in front of the gate from my hipped roof. Hipped roofs usually have a 22-degree slope, and if everything is as it should be, the snow will melt before it slides down. However, if you live far north, it might build up so much that it slides down...pr95 said:Nothing is impossible
Additionally, if you build with a lesser roof pitch on the outermost 2-3 rows of tiles, you effectively prevent the snow from sliding down. Plus, the roof looks much nicer!
Also thinking about a garage, and just like you, we have a hipped roof on the house, so it would definitely look best on the garage as well.
As for the snow, it's (unfortunately) quite rare here, but otherwise, isn't it just a matter of installing a snow guard?
Will check out Mellbygarage
As for the snow, it's (unfortunately) quite rare here, but otherwise, isn't it just a matter of installing a snow guard?
Will check out Mellbygarage
There are both advantages and disadvantages to snow guards. The advantage is obviously that they prevent the snow from sliding down. At the same time, they can retain the snow so that a lot accumulates, which then doesn't melt away gradually. If you're unlucky, it suddenly comes crashing down with LOTS of snow when the snow guard can no longer hold it. And if you're very unlucky, the snow guard might come down with it, causing damage to the roof and rafters. That's exactly what happened to my brother... After that, he removed all his snow guards that were installed since they were a requirement for the house to be approved when it was built 10 years ago.mexitegel said:
That snow guards are also quite ugly is another downside
Shit on the roof, a bunch of roof tiles on the new car stings more
The risk of such amounts of snow here on the west coast is, as mentioned, more or less non-existent. The snow melts away quickly anyway
The risk of such amounts of snow here on the west coast is, as mentioned, more or less non-existent. The snow melts away quickly anyway