Civil Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
The attic or room-in-the-roof construction has become increasingly popular in recent years
with the tendency for planners to seek steeper pitched roofs, particularly in rural areas.
The house style created is often referred to as a 'chalet'. On a normal two-storey house
with a roof pitch of about 45ยบ, the volume enclosed by the roof is approximately 40% of
the volume of the two storeys below, and on a single-storey building this proportion goes
up to almost 80%. It therefore makes sense to attempt to use the extra enclosed space
provided by the roof structure.
An attic roof structure with gables at both ends is comparatively simple to construct
