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Information Carports Building Panels
- J.C.s Metal Building Sales Panels are 3ft wide and made from 29 gauge galvanized steel which come in lengths of 21’, 26’, 31’ and 36’. Available in 13 different colors.
Information Carports Building L Trim
- – The L trim is used to finish the ends of the regular style and box eve carports that have the standard horizontal roof. Also can be used to trim around the openings of the garage doors.
Information Carports Building J Trim
- – J trim is used to trim around the windows, walk-in-doors and paneling.
Information Carports Building Box Eve Trim
- – The Box Eve Trim is used to cover underneath the 6in overhang on the sides of the box eve carport. (only if panels are on the sides).
Information Carports Building Corner Trim-
- Corner Trim is used for large buildings to cover the corners for a finished look.
Information Carports Building Ridge Cap-
- The Ridge Cap trim goes over the vertical roof panels in the top peak to protect rain from entering the building.
Information Carports Building Hat Channels-
- Hat Channels are full length pieces of metal used for the roof, sides, ends of a vertical panel building, also helps to stabilize the building.
Information Carports Building Walk-in-Door
- – The Walk-in-doors are 34” x 72” with a 9” x 9” window, includes the door knob with lock and keys.
Information Carports Building Header Bar-
- The Header bar is a double bar welded together which the bows rest on top creating strength as well as the requested frame openings.
Information Carports Building Base Rail-
- The Base Rail is square tubing along the ground base of the building which has welded inserts so that legs can then be fasten to the base rail.
Information Carports Building Legs-
- The Legs are made from the same gauge of the carport frame and they elevate the buildings height, these are connected from the base rail to the bow.
Information Carports Building Bow-
- The bow is a single bent piece of tubing made from 12g or 14g steel. Used to create regular or box eve style look.
Information Carports Building Tubing-
- J.C.s Metal Building Sales Steel tubing is made to make the legs, bows, base rails, and bars and comes in either 14g 2-1/2” x 2-1/2” square tubing or 12g 2-1/4” x 2-1/4” square tubing.
Information Carports Building Rebar Anchors-
- The rebar anchors are 36” long that have a 5/8” welded nut on one end. This anchor is used in plain ground or asphalt.
Information Carports Building Mobile Home Anchors-
- This anchor is 32” long with a 8” twist plate that screws down in the ground. The mobile home anchor is used on certified buildings to help keep the carport down from any strong winds.(installed in ground or on rail road ties ONLY).
Information Carports Building Concrete Anchors-
- The concrete anchor is a 6” long anchor which is hammered down a predrilled hole.
Information Carports Building Lag Bolts-
- Lag Bolts are used to secure the building on a wood platform they are about 6” long.
Information Carports Building Gable Ends-
- The gable end is a filled end part above the leg height of the carport, the paneling comes standard horizontal, but with an extra charge can be turned into vertical.
Information Carports Building Garage doors-
- Our Roll up garage doors come in 6’x6’, 8’x7’, 9’x7’, 10’x8’, 10’x10’(call us to check availability on the 6’x6’) On a regular carport leg height can be the same as door, but if two doors are going on the same end must be 1ft taller than door. On a box eve, leg height must be 2ft taller than door. If door is going on the side of either regular or box eve must be 2ft taller.
Information Carports Building Corner Braces-
- The Corner braces are used for snow support on the roof in which come with a 2’ standard brace on our buildings. We do have 3’ braces at an additional charge.
Information Carports Building Welded Trusses-
- Our Welded Trusses come in deferent Sizes 4ft, 5ft, 8ft for the standard buildings (extra additional charge). For the larger building the welded trusses come in 18ft-20ft trusses.
Information Carports Building Extra Support-
- We recommend for a carport with legs from 10’ to 12’ high that you consider getting this. It’s a 8ft leg that goes in the ground about 2ft then the installers pour concrete inside and the remaining 6ft sticking up is then bolted to the upright leg.(if install in on ground).
- If install is on cement the installers set a 8ft L base against the leg and bolt the bottom base of the L to the concrete and the top is also bolted twice to the up right leg.(The extra support is made from the same gauge steel as the frame)
Information Carports Building Screws-
- J.C.s Metal Building Sales 5/8″ hex, 12mm x 3/4″ with a galvanized top and rubber bottom screw works to hold everything together.
Information Carports Building Concrete pad-
- The concrete pad that you pour must be 3 Inch bigger than the size of carport all around (Example,… for a 20 Foot x 30 Foot Carport)Your Slab would have to be 20 Foot Three inches X Thirty Foot Three Inches
- and at least 4 Inches to 5 Inches thick for a good Base.
A roof is the covering on the uppermost part of a building. A roof protects the building and its contents from the effects of weather and the invasion of animals. Structures that require roofs range from a letter box to a cathedral or stadium, dwellings being the most numerous.
In most countries a roof protects primarily against rain. In Persia the citizens used their roofs for milling wheat,farming,gardens and extra space. Depending upon the nature of the building, the roof may also protect against heat, sunlight, cold, snow and wind. Other types of structure, for example, a garden conservatory, might use roofing that protects against cold, wind and rain but admits light. A verandahmay be roofed with material that protects against sunlight but admits the other elements.
The characteristics of a roof are dependent upon the purpose of the building that it covers, the available roofing materials and the local traditions of construction and wider concepts of architectural design and practice and may also be governed by local or nationallegislation.
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Design elements
The elements in the design of a roof are:
- the material
- the construction
- the durability
The material of a roof may range from banana leaves, wheaten straw or seagrass to lamininated glass, copper (see: copper roofing),aluminium sheeting and precast concrete. In many parts of the world ceramic tiles have been the predominant roofing material for centuries.
The construction of a roof is determined by its method of support and how the underneath space is bridged and whether or not the roof ispitched. The pitch is the angle at which the roof rises from its lowest to highest point. Most US domestic architecture, except in very dry regions, has roofs that are sloped, or pitched. Although modern construction elements such as drainpipes remove the need for pitch, roofs are pitched for reasons of tradition and aesthetics. So, the pitch is partly dependent upon stylistic factors, and partially to do with practicalities. Some types of roofing, for example thatch, require a steep pitch in order to be waterproof and durable.[1] Other types of roofing, for example pantiles, are unstable on a steeply pitched roof but provide excellent weather protection at a relatively low angle. In regions where there is little rain, an almost flat roof with a slight run-off provides adequate protection against an occasional downpour. Drainpipes also remove the need for a sloping roof.
The durability of a roof is a matter of concern because the roof is often the least accessible part of a building for purposes of repair and renewal, while its damage or destruction can have serious effects.
Form of a roof
The shape of roofs differs greatly from region to region. The main factors which influence the shape of roofs are the climate and the materials available for roof structure and the outer covering.
The basic shapes of roofs are flat, skillion, gabled, hipped, arched and domed. There are many variations on these types. Roofs constructed of flat sections that are sloped are referred to as pitched roofs (generally if the angle exceeds 10 degrees).[2] Pitched roofs, including gabled, hipped and skillion roofs, make up the greatest number of domestic roofs. Some roofs follow organic shapes, either by architectural design or because a flexible material such as that is used in the construction.
Parts of a roof
There are two parts to a roof, its supporting structure and its outer skin, or uppermost weatherproof layer. In a minority of buildings, the outer layer is also a self-supporting structure.
The roof structure is generally supported upon walls, although some building styles, for example, geodesic and A-frame, blur the distinction between wall and roof.
Support
The roof of a library in Sweden.
The supporting structure of a roof usually comprises beams that are long and of strong, fairly rigid material such as timber, and since the mid-19th century, cast iron or steel. In countries that use bamboo extensively, the flexibility of the material causes a distinctive curving line to the roof, characteristic of Oriental architecture.
Timber lends itself to a great variety of roof shapes. The timber structure can fulfil an aesthetic as well as practical function, when left exposed to view.
Stone lintels have been used to support roofs since prehistoric times, but cannot bridge large distances. The stone arch came into extensive use in the ancient Roman period and in variant forms could be used to span spaces up to 140 feet (43 m) across. The stone arch or vault, with or without ribs, dominated the roof structures of major architectural works for about 2,000 years, only giving way to iron beams with the Industrial Revolution and the designing of such buildings as Paxton‘s Crystal Palace, completed 1851.
With continual improvements in steel girders, these became the major structural support for large roofs, and eventually for ordinary houses as well. Another form of girder is the reinforced concrete beam, in which metal rods are encased in concrete, giving it greater strength under tension.
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This part of the roof shows great variation dependent upon availability of material. In simple vernacular architecture, roofing material is often vegetation, such as thatches, the most durable being sea grass with a life of perhaps 40 years. In many Asian countries bamboo is used both for the supporting structure and the outer layer where split bamboo stems are laid turned alternately and overlapped. In areas with an abundance of timber, wooden shingles are used, while in some countries the bark of certain trees can be peeled off in thick, heavy sheets and used for roofing.
The 20th century saw the manufacture of composition shingles which can last from a thin 20-year shingle to the thickest which are limited lifetime shingles, the cost depending on the thickness and durability of the shingle. When a layer of shingles wears out, they are usually stripped, along with the underlay and roofing nails, allowing a new layer to be installed. An alternative method is to install another layer directly over the worn layer. While this method is faster, it does not allow the roof sheathing to be inspected and water damage, often associated with worn shingles, to be repaired. Having multiple layers of old shingles under a new layer causes roofing nails to be located further from the sheathing, weakening their hold. The greatest concern with this method is that the weight of the extra material could exceed the dead load capacity of the roof structure and cause collapse.
Slate is an ideal, and durable material, while in the Swiss Alps roofs are made from huge slabs of stone, several inches thick. The slate roof is often considered the best type of roofing. A slate roof may last 75 to 150 years, and even longer. However, slate roofs are often expensive to install – in the USA, for example, a slate roof may have the same cost as the rest of the house. Often, the first part of a slate roof to fail is the fixing nails; they corrode, allowing the slates to slip. In the UK, this condition is known as “nail sickness”. Because of this problem, fixing nails made of stainless steel or copper are recommended, and even these must be protected from the weather.
Asbestos, usually in bonded corrugated panels, has been used widely in the 20th century as an inexpensive, non-flammable roofing material with excellent insulating properties.Health and legal issues involved in the mining and handling of asbestos products means that it is no longer used as a new roofing material. However, many asbestos roofs continue to exist, particularly in South America and Asia.
Roofs made of cut turf (modern ones known as Green roofs, traditional ones as sod roofs) have good insulating properties and are increasingly encouraged as a way of “greening” the Earth. Adobe roofs are roofs of clay, mixed with binding material such as straw or animal hair, and plastered on lathes to form a flat or gently sloped roof, usually in areas of low rainfall.
In areas where clay is plentiful, roofs of baked tiles have been the major form of roof. The casting and firing of roof tiles is an industry that is often associated with brickworks. While the shape and colour of tiles was once regionally distinctive, now tiles of many shapes and colours are produced commercially, to suit the taste and pocketbook of the purchaser.
Sheet metal in the form of copper and lead has also been used for many hundreds of years. Both are expensive but durable, the vast copper roof of Chartres Cathedral, oxidised to a pale green colour, having been in place for hundreds of years. Lead, which is sometimes used for church roofs, was most commonly used as flashing in valleys and around chimneys on domestic roofs, particularly those of slate. Copper was used for the same purpose.
In the 19th century, iron, electroplated with zinc to improve its resistance to rust, became a light-weight, easily-transported, waterproofing material. Its low cost and easy application made it the most accessible commercial roofing, world wide. Since then, many types of metal roofing have been developed. Steel shingle or standing-seam roofs last about 50 years or more depending on both the method of installation and the moisture barrier (underlayment) used and are between the cost of shingle roofs and slate roofs. In the 20th century a large number of roofing materials were developed, including roofs based on bitumen (already used in previous centuries), on rubber and on a range of synthetics such asthermoplastic and on fibreglass.