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Journal of projects of cottages with a flat roof. Beautiful projects of one-story houses with a flat roof. What should the plan consider

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Most often, when designing private houses, pitched roofs are used, but cottages with a flat roof, as in the photo, are much less common. AT last years after the appearance the latest technologies and modern materials for overlapping flat roofs it is possible to create effective waterproofing despite their unusual shape.

The presence of such a roof makes appearance private house exclusive and original, as it stands out against the background of buildings with hipped or pitched roofs.

Projects of cottages with flat roof have their own characteristics, and their construction is associated with some nuances, since the roofs on them can be:

Advantages and disadvantages of a flat roof

A flat roof provides the property owner with a number of benefits, including:



The disadvantages of the structural solution of flat roofs include:

  • installation with strict adherence to the technology of their waterproofing and. The slightest violation of the rules as a result of negligence or negligence ends with the roof leaking if atmospheric precipitation accumulates on it. Extraordinary repair roofing will cost a lot of money, and sometimes it is required to carry out a complete reconstruction of the roof of the cottage;
  • availability in winter period on a flat surface a large number snow involves (if the roof is planned to be used) its regular cleaning, which can only be done manually;
  • in the process of snow melting, a significant load is placed on the waterproofing layer

Features of flat roofs

When developing a project for a cottage with a flat roof, regardless of the number of floors in it, the following features will certainly be taken into account:


Creating a flat lightweight roof

If they plan to build a cottage with a flat roof with a lightweight roof, they do not plan to use it.

The order of construction of such a structure is as follows:


As a result of the work performed, a flat roof is obtained, which is of a lightweight type. It performs the functions assigned to it completely, but it is not able to withstand even a slight load. If you want to equip a small place to rest on a flat roof, you need to build a roof using a completely different technology.

The device of a house with a flat roof, more on the video:

Construction of an exploitable flat roof

When designing cottages with a flat roof and hard surface, it is assumed that the created roof will not sag under the weight of the load (read: ""). There are several ways to build an exploitable pavement.

One of the most simple options is the laying of concrete slabs as a floor. The supporting structures for this must have a significant margin of safety, in addition, installation is carried out using special construction equipment. A roof made of concrete slabs must be insulated, but such work can only be done from inside the room.


Another way is the construction of a roof covering based on metal support beams - T-beams or I-beams and channels. A boardwalk made of lumber with a minimum thickness of 22 millimeters is laid on top, and a layer of expanded clay is poured on top of it, which is at least 150 millimeters. A hard coating is provided by a concrete screed.


The most modern way of arranging a solid is the use of ceramic large-sized building blocks. They are laid on support beams, and they provide the roof, along with mechanical strength, with fairly good soundproofing and heat-insulating characteristics. Among the advantages of such ceramic roofing blocks, one cannot fail to mention their excellent resistance to moisture. Before making a screed for such a roof, backfilling of expanded clay is not required. The disadvantages of ceramic blocks include their high cost.

Build cottages with a flat roof of a solid type with laying roofing membranes (optional). They provide additional waterproofing and improve the performance of a flat roof.

The pros and cons of building a house with a flat roof, on the basis of which you will understand whether the game is worth the candle.

A house with a flat roof, in a row of the same type of "boxes" with a pitched roof, looks fresh and unusual. Therefore, every year the number of suburban residents who are seriously considering the construction of such a house for permanent residence is increasing. Fans of the "cubic" design are captivated by the wow effect and increased attention from the neighbors. Someone wants to place on the roof engineering equipment, or break up the lawn and equip places for recreation. Still others believe that it is cheaper and easier to build a house with a flat roof than with a pitched one. Is it really? Consider the main pros and cons of these buildings and conclude whether they are suitable for our country. To do this, we will answer the following questions:

  • Why is it difficult to choose a suitable plot for a "cubic" cottage
  • Is it true that flat roofs are not suitable for our climate?
  • Why does a flat roof leak?
  • A flat roof is simpler and cheaper than a pitched one - this is a myth
  • Why flat roofs are difficult to repair

1. House with a flat roof and domestic realities

Most suburban residents look at cottages with a flat roof with skepticism, calling these houses “boxes”. Why? Flat roof houses came to us from abroad. Traditionally, they were erected in countries with a warm climate, where there is practically no winter, heavy snowfalls, severe frosts with sudden thaws, prolonged rains, but strong winds blow. For example, somewhere on the Mediterranean coast. Then these houses turned into fashion design ersky trend "not for everyone" in Western Europe and from there they came to us.

Tretin FORUMHOUSE User

I see that we mainly build houses with pitched roofs. But, is it really necessary? In Germany and Switzerland, flat-roof house designs have long been offered. What can be the disadvantages of a flat roof, in addition to an imaginary unaesthetic appearance?

Indeed, how can anyone be left indifferent by a cottage with panoramic windows in the photo below?

Or such a high-tech house with a flat roof in the forest.

Or a cottage, on the roof of which an observation deck is made, a lawn is laid out and a place to relax is equipped.

Now imagine these houses with us. Harsh winter. In an ordinary - not an elite village, where roads float in spring and autumn, and plots are fenced with a profiled sheet. Houses in the mass are finished with siding or lined with facing brick. And pitched roofs are covered with slate, metal tiles or, less often, a more expensive solution - shingles. The picture doesn't add up. Something is missing, isn't it? You no longer want to sit on the flat roof of the house, as you dreamed, with a cup of tea or coffee. After all, from there you can see not the ocean, sea, mountains or nature untouched by man, but dense rural buildings or, at best, fields overgrown with grass.

A house with a flat roof, in high-tech style, looks advantageous only on a spacious isolated area, for example, on a slope, with a beautiful view of the forest, lake or river. The flat-roofed cottage is lost without landscape design, and among solid, but the same type of houses, it looks like a "white crow".

This is where the first "pitfall" - dreams of a stylish house with a flat roof are broken when you realize,how much will the plot cost on which the cottage will look as it should.

Having conceived the construction of a house with a claim for a non-standard foreign design, select the appropriate site for it.

2. Reliability of a flat roof in our climate

When you look at beautiful houses, which are not one hundred years old, ask yourself why they were built this way and not otherwise. Why do houses built in coastal zone somewhere in Norway, Sweden or Scotland, the roof does not have overhangs and the drain we are used to? They are simply not needed because strong winds, which turn rain into a horizontal stream of water hitting the walls. The same is true for houses with flat roofs. They were built in a warm climate, where there is little rainfall, but a strong wind load.

A flat roof is more wind resistant than a pitched one.

dmitrievich-50 FORUMHOUSE User

Our ancestors are smart people. They considered the design of the house from the point of view of practicality, based on the climatic conditions of residence. Why were flat roofs built in Central Asia? Are they pitched on the Central Russian Upland? In the Baltics, not just pitched, but with an acute angle of the ridge? A pitched roof with a slope of 45 degrees, in the Moscow region or in Saratov, will provide reliable protection from rain or snow for 20-25 years, even if covered with cheap corrugated board or slate.

A flat roof, with the right approach to construction and using modern materials, will also provide reliable protection for the house from precipitation and will not leak.

The only question is how much 1 sq. m of such a roof with a guarantee that it will not quickly leak with frequent transitions through 0. Icing. Nighttime freezing and daytime thawing of snow cover. Lingering downpours. And most importantly - how to make such a roof so that it serves for a long time in our climate?

The second difficulty in building a cottage with a trouble-free flat roof is severe Russian conditions operation.

3. The main problem of building a reliable house with a flat roof in the Russian Federation

link82 FORUMHOUSE member

The company built a house with a flat roof for me. On the edges made 6 pcs. heated funnels and brought out to the sides, through the parapet, drain pipes. Is it correct? Maybe it was necessary to make a slope in the center and, with a small roof area, put two funnels instead of six? And let the pipe inside the building. Bring out in the basement and further into storm sewer? I am afraid that the knee, which is brought out of the funnel into the street, will freeze. Ice has already formed on the pipes. What if the pipe burst due to frost? How to fix it? Throw a heating cable? So much money has already been spent on this roof!

Flat roof house built in 2013.

In addition to problems with drainage, another one was added. When link82 I came to check the house, I found that the roof was leaking in several places. Water went from the second floor to the first. The whole drywall floated. Now you have to swear with the builders. Trying to take the money, and completely redo the roof. According to Michael-snabss(the portal user is professionally engaged in the construction of flat roofs) in this example, a whole bunch of errors have been collected. The main of which - builders who just don't know how to make flat roofs the right way.

When building a house with a flat roof, do not chase cheapness. Each step of the builders and stage of work needs strict control. More thorough than when erecting a pitched. Mistakes are costly!

The roof was most likely made of a built-up waterproofing material - stekloizol. The tree played and the fiberglass tore. Repair of this roof with a special roofing membrane will cost from 130 to 200 thousand rubles.

The third factor complicating the construction of a cottage with a flat roof in the Russian Federation - lack of highly qualified builders who know exactly how to build just such houses. How to use and combine materials with each other. What tools are needed for this. Even if the future owner of a flat roof house has a detailed project, and he should be, then everything can be spoiled by “specialists” working on the principle: “we always build like this and no one has complained yet!”.

Flat roofing should only be done by professionals.

4. Is flat roofing cheaper and easier than pitched roofing?

Usually, when it comes to the benefits of a flat roof, you can hear the argument that it is cheaper than a pitched one. Why? Less area - less material consumption. It is easier to make an overlap, because. no need for a classic truss system. There is no need to equip the attic floor, etc. And it's true, but as they say, the point is in the details.

If we simply consider the "pie" of a flat roof, then on the base, for example, concrete floor slabs, are laid:

  • vapor barrier;
  • thermal insulation;
  • waterproofing.

Or the so-called. inverted flat roof where the layers go like this:

  • waterproofing;
  • thermal insulation;
  • finishing layer.

In an inverted flat roof, the waterproofing layer is located under the insulation and “works” in more benign conditions, because. above, from negative impact weather events, it is protected by rubble, tiles or soil with a lawn. Those. a ballast flat roof is being installed.

But, when building a flat roof, it is necessary:

  • Arrange slopes for water drainage - about 2 cm per 1 running meter. Slopes are usually made with a concrete screed or wedge-shaped insulation elements.
  • Lay several layers of insulation. If used stone wool, and not extruded polystyrene foam, put aerators to remove water vapor from the thermal insulation.
  • Put water intake funnels with electric heating, otherwise, due to the formed ice, they will not divert water from the roof.

One water intake funnel, 110 mm in diameter, drains water from an area of ​​up to 300 square meters. m.

  • Install a downpipe with a slope of 3 cm per 1 running meter.
  • Qualitatively make waterproofing from PVC, TPO or expensive EPDM membranes. TPO membranes are less elastic than PVC membranes, but have higher strength. Welding TPO membranes requires professional installers with special equipment. The advantage of EPDM membranes is the large format, and the fewer welds, the more reliable the flat roof.

When installing a flat roof, you will have to take into account many nuances.

Calculate the snow load depending on the region of residence. For example, Moscow and St. Petersburg belong to the third climatic region. Snow load on a flat roof, with a slope of 2%, in the Moscow region will be 180 kg per 1 sq. km. m. In the fourth climatic region, the snow load is 240 kg per 1 sq. km. m, and in the fifth already 320 kg. Do not forget that the weight of 1 m 3 of loose freshly fallen snow is on average 50 - 100 kg. Already caked 350 kg. A cube of wet or melting snow weighs approximately 400-600 kg.

With a properly calculated flat roof, snow does not need to be removed in winter. The excess is blown away by the wind, and loose snow becomes a heat insulator.

But, the load on a flat roof must be considered with a larger margin than on a pitched one, subject to force majeure circumstances. For example, the water intake funnels were clogged, the heating cable burned out, and the water did not leave the roof. For a couple of days, the monthly rate of snow fell, but there was no wind to blow it away and it lies on the roof. The additional weight on the roof puts pressure on the walls, which in turn transfer the load to the foundation, which redistributes it onto the subgrade. The further north, the greater the load. We will add a mass of crushed stone or soil with grass if a ballast flat roof is being arranged.

From here - the optimal design of a cottage with a flat roof is not a frame or wooden house, and the stone structure, calculated by the designer and built of aerated concrete, brick, warm ceramics, according to monolithic technology. Because "cubic" design involves large unsupported spaces, then it will no longer be possible to block a span of more than 6 m with a tree. Farms, I-beams are needed wooden beams, hollow reinforced concrete floor slabs, monolithic overlap or prefabricated-monolithic overlap. Do not forget to add expensive facade finishing solutions to the cost of a house with a flat roof.

You can't finish a house like this cheaply.

Planken, burnt wood, hand-molded brick, wet facade, combined facades made of wood and stone are used. And you can’t put standard windows in a house with a flat roof. Large or panoramic are needed. Add to this additional areas of parapets, which also need to be insulated and finished. This increases the cost of construction.

The fourth factor - a house with a flat roof cannot be called budget construction.

Consider the costs not only for the roof, comparing the final estimate with flat and pitched, but for the total cost of the entire “box” with the finish.

5. Low maintainability of a flat roof

sv2321 FORUMHOUSE User

I have a flat roof house. Waterproofing - membrane. I'm struggling with the roof. As they say, water will always find a hole. I like a flat roof, but I think I will abandon it and remake it with a pitched one, although I will have to change the entire architecture of the house. And that's why:

  • There is no absolute guarantee that all flat roof joints will be airtight. Enough microcracks and gone. If there is a slope, then small defects are not critical;
  • Snow lingers on a flat roof. He melts. Water fills microcracks. Frost struck at night. The water is frozen. With frequent daily freeze-thaw cycles, microcracks increase and then break. They are getting bigger. The pitched roof has no welded sections and there is nothing to tear there. In the most unfortunate case, there will be a small temporary leak without progressive consequences. It is easy to find and repair;
  • The most annoying. On a flat roof, you will never know exactly where the defect has formed. A leak in one place, and water dripping from the ceiling in a completely different place. Masters will come, check the joints and find one of the defects, and the rest will remain. If the roof is inverted or loaded with gravel, then troubleshooting is an even bigger problem.

According to the user, the optimal roof for our climate is pitched. The angles at the slopes compensate for the crooked hands of the builders and the change in the properties of materials over time, and the overhangs protect the walls and finishing from precipitation.

So, fifth - low maintainability. The quality of a flat roof is greatly influenced by the human factor.

If a pitched roof with a cold attic is leaking, then it is not difficult to find and repair a defective area. In extreme cases, you can dismantle the coating and perform local repairs or get close to the problem area from the inside. In the case of a flat roof, leak detection and repair is made more difficult by the complex pie. Many layers in the design, especially in the so-called. "green roof". Availability concrete screed etc.

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Houses with a flat roof certainly look beautiful and stylish. Make a flat, hassle-free roof that will last for many years in our climate also possible. The only question is the total cost of all decisions and its expediency. Anyone who has been involved in the installation or repair of roofs in our climate knows that in summer, the sun-hot roof is the last place where you would like to sit with your family or friends. Hot and stuffy. I would like to quickly go into the shadows. If there are small children in the house, then an exploited flat roof is an extra headache for parents. You can also organize a shaded private place to relax with barbecue on a small area. Sunbathing is pleasant in the garden on the grass, throwing a towel or spreading out a deck chair, and not in front of all the neighbors and passers-by on the roof. The suburbs simply want solitude, and not stick out their private lives for everyone to see. Let's add our changeable weather. Rain. The wind, which at a height is felt quite differently than below. In total, how many days a year will really be left to relax on a flat roof? Let's add the need to arrange a place to go to the roof directly from the house. Do not climb onto a flat roof along the stairs, which are fixed on the facade. What's left? Unusual "fashionable" design to attract attention. Therefore, whether to build a house with a flat roof or not, let everyone decide for himself, and FORUMHOUSE offers you proven solutions for this.

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The domestic consumer has long been familiar with the features of a flat roof, and believes that it is used for multi-storey government buildings. But modern manufacturers decided to expand their market, and found a new application for it.

It's amazing, but they appeared with a flat roof, differing in the same set functional features. It is suitable primarily for the area in the territory in which snowy winters and strong winds occur at the time accompanying their manifestation.


Their power will quickly blow away large layers of snow, and the roof will always be clean. And powerful hurricanes will not be afraid of such a roof covering. The thing is, it doesn't actually exist.

But this is only part of its capabilities. It will be possible to place many useful buildings for different seasons on it. This may be a greenhouse or a small garden, or maybe a dance floor. Other options are available, based on the strength of the imagination of its owner.

But in order for everything to work out well, it is necessary to study the nuances of creating such structures. Now let's take a look at many issues related to this topic. To begin with, we advise you to familiarize yourself with the photo of houses with a flat roof, which have already proven their suitability for various purposes.

What is the benefit of this roof structure?

If we talk only about a private house, then they lie in the following points:

This version of the roof will take up a smaller area in comparison with the most gently sloping pitched modifications. This will help save on the amount of materials.

The process of its construction is noticeably faster than the installation of a gable or hip version. Through this feature, create modern houses with a flat roof is much more profitable.


Comfort and safety of the necessary rafter work processes are ensured. It is quite spacious and difficult to fall off.

It differs from the gable design in that there is no need to carry out dismantling work from the outdated coating. It can be used as additional waterproofing or protection. This will help save energy and time.

Its surface is suitable for use as an additional territory for organizing a flower garden, a cozy terrace, a greenhouse.

Various transparent elements can be mounted to help organize beautiful view on the open starry sky at night or clouds with the sun in the daytime. And a charming view opens up to admire the rain or a strong storm - there are fans of this state of nature.

Helps to adjust the house to the basics of the minimalist style. It has now gained notable popularity.

What are the disadvantages? “Unfortunately they are…

If there is no strong wind, this option generously collects a lot of snow on its surface. You will need to clean it often in order to use the territory for your own purposes. Sometimes it can lead to noticeable leaks.

Clearing snow will often have to be done with mechanical means. They can damage the roof.

The structure of the roof is particularly complex in comparison with other types of forms. It will have to organize a lot of drains. They, in turn, often get clogged.

From the pitched version of the roof covering, water flows off on its own and this happens very quickly. She doesn't do much damage.

On the flat version, the water usually stands still and builds up as the rainfall lasts. You will have to control the humidity of the insulation and make the coating at a small angle so that the water gradually finds the drains.


It will require less materials than pitched. But the creation itself is much more complicated. There are many subtleties that not everyone knows about, and therefore often this version of the roof does not turn out the way it was intended.

Because of this, many believe that a flat roof in a private house is not the best way. But now domestic manufacturers have learned about the positive Western experience and have learned how to create the right materials.

And experts on installation work adopted methods of quality work in this direction, and the situation began to change in better side. This approach has already taken root in Russia.

Is it suitable for frame versions of houses?

Yes, today you can see a frame house with a flat roof, more and more often it is perceived as commonplace. This roof can be two directions. For operation and without it.

If the roof is to be used, then it will be adapted for the convenient movement of people on its surface. For this, a rigid version of the screed or another version of the rigid base is used. Due to the pressure from the movement of people, the roof can leak. In this regard, it is necessary to consider the creation of reliable isolation from water.


But there is a version without human exploitation. Usually no one walks on it or rarely appears to clean its surface. The load on its area is distributed over the entire surface. But she has one major problem. Its service life is too short. Although such a version, due to possible, situation-satisfactory features, is often used.

There is also a classic version of a flat roof. It is often referred to as a soft roof option. It is formed by a carrier plate. Thermal insulation it is laid on top of the coating for vapor barrier. And then a bituminous version of the waterproofing in the form of rolls is rolled over the thermal insulation.

Due to the advantageous features, this option is used to form such a modification of the roof on frame house more often than any other.


But experts also distinguish an inversion version for the formation of a flat roof. Sometimes this modification helps create the style of a flat roof house with the creative mind of an experienced designer. It is distinguished by the fact that the waterproofing will have to be applied to the waterproofing carpet.

This will help protect against temperature changes and ultraviolet rays from the sun, which is important if it is located in an open area and under their direct access. And this version also allows you to increase the service life - the force of impact on the waterproofing from the processes of melting or freezing of snow precipitation is noticeably reduced. It is quite suitable for installing furniture, mounting a greenhouse.

Important Points

For a high-quality arrangement of a flat version of the roof, in any case, laying will be required. correct option carpet. It will help soften the base in case of thermal or mechanical stress. This will help ensure the durability of the coating.

Now, based on the influence of Western culture, Russians have begun to pay more and more attention to this roof option. The domestic user realized that a cup of coffee at any time on such a roof is a wonderful option. Here the sky is open at any time. And there is constant access to clean air. This is a great option, but a pitched roof cannot offer this.


Of course, not everyone can afford such a roof. Usually the maximum for a Russian is access to a balcony. But over time, it will become a reality for every inhabitant of our country.


If you have the opportunity to create it today, there is no doubt that this is the best option. Today, high-tech style houses are gaining great popularity and, on their basis, a flat roof is mainly used. She has become their full-fledged companion.

Photo of houses with a flat roof


How quickly time flies! It has been 4 years since I built an unusual Vacation home. Many non-standard technical solutions were used in the house, which were practically not used in individual construction in Russia before. Firstly, the house is heated with help, and secondly, the house has a flat roof.

From the very beginning of construction in 2012, I was constantly told that a flat roof is not for our climate (but for what?), that it will definitely leak (why?), and in general, with such a roof, the house looks like a transformer box (poor Europeans, they have to live in transformer boxes).

But most often they tried to prove to me that it is necessary to constantly remove snow from a flat roof (I wonder why?). Of course, if anyone wants to, you can clean it up, no one forbids it. But on flat-roofed houses, there is no need to remove the snow. For example, now I have more than 80 centimeters of snow on my roof! And hid somewhere under the snow.


2. Snow on the roof is an additional and completely free insulation.

By the way, as it turned out, many do not know that a flat roof is not a plane in the direct sense, but a surface with a slope of about 2-4 degrees (in fact, a roof is considered flat if its angle of inclination is from 2 to 20 degrees). And on any flat roof, there is a drain. It is more correct for a flat roof to make an internal drain, but you can get by with a classic external one. At the time of construction, I did not have sufficient knowledge to design and implement an internal drain, so I made an external one. The advantage of the internal drain in the absence of pipes on the facade.

3. Summer 2013, just made. A flat roof is significantly cheaper than any pitched roof (at least because its area is on average 1.5 times smaller than that of a pitched one). With it, there is no loss of space and such a useless place in the house as an attic. It is easier and easier to insulate - everything is in the same plane.

Let me remind you the design of the pie of my roof (from bottom to top):
1. Prefabricated monolithic floor with filling aerated concrete blocks- 250 mm;
2. Insulation with extruded polystyrene foam - 150 mm;
3. Warming and creating a slope with the help of wedge-shaped plates of extruded polystyrene foam - 0-150 mm;
4. Cement screed - 50 mm;
5. Two-layer built-up waterproofing (top layer with dressing).

4. Another huge plus of a flat roof is that it is not afraid of a hurricane. Look at the hurricane chronicles and how easily the coating is torn off and broken truss system on classic pitched roofs.

5. In the summer of 2016, I completed all other landscaping work on the adjacent territory and decided to do it.

6. By the way, if anyone does not know, then any concrete floor by default has a bearing capacity of at least 400 kg per square meter(usually 600-800 kg/m2). While the snow load for the Moscow region is only 180 kg per square meter. This is the maximum design snow load, which in reality is rarely achieved, but it is obvious that any overlap has a huge margin in terms of bearing capacity.

7. Another important advantage of a flat roof is that it has completely sealed seams. While on a pitched roof the seams are not tight and if the pitched roof is covered with snow and it starts to melt from below (due to insufficient insulation), the pitched roof will leak (especially at the junction of two slopes - valleys). Look at the neighboring houses with pitched roofs - surprisingly, they also have snow!

Why does a flat roof made according to technology not leak? Everything is very simple. Because it's insulated!

It is insulation that determines the durability of the roof. It is known that the roof accounts for an average of 40% of the heat loss of the entire building. If the roof is not insulated, or not well insulated, then the heat will rise up, and the snow lying on the upper roofing carpet will melt. When frost sets in, the melted snow will freeze again, and when it freezes, as you know, water expands in volume. These multiple freeze-thaw cycles will eventually rupture the waterproofing (after 2-3 years) and the flat roof will begin to leak.

8. In the last century, when building houses, they did not think about energy efficiency and saving energy resources, therefore, roof insulation was usually not done. This led to the fact that the waterproofing of the roof was constantly destroyed and the roof was leaking.

If the roof is qualitatively insulated, then it has only one "enemy" - the sun and its ultraviolet radiation. But to protect against this, waterproofing is used with a package, or with special additives (if used). And the most effective method protect waterproofing from damaging ultraviolet radiation - make a lawn on the roof, fill in pebbles or lay tiles. By the way, a more promising waterproofing today is a polymer membrane.

A flat roof is even easier to operate than a pitched one. With a flat roof, snow will never fall on your head and gutters will not tear off. Snow does not need to be cleared, and if there is a lawn, there is no need to monitor the cleanliness of the gutters (all water is filtered through geotextiles and they will not clog with fallen leaves).

Therefore, a flat roof is the most reasonable roofing option, especially for a house from. The main thing is not to break the technology and not save on insulation.

And cleaning snow from a flat roof is not only useless, but also harmful - you can accidentally break the waterproofing with the sharp edge of a shovel and the roof will start to leak.

With all reports on construction country house with your own hands in chronological order can be found.

Flat Roof House Projects

In our country, a flat roof is a rather atypical solution. Therefore, such a house will stand out among other buildings. A flat roof serves as a kind of indicator of the status of the owner, the breadth of his views and the absence of conventions.

But a house with a flat roof is not just a tribute to fashion and a desire to stand out. If earlier only elite apartment buildings, then today it is increasingly becoming an attribute country houses. A flat roof allows you to realize the fantasies that the owners pitched roofs and didn't dream. This is a luxurious flower garden, and a pond with a beach area. Not the last role in choosing such a roof is played by material benefits. After all, it eliminates the need to design and build a truss system. True, a flat roof has significant disadvantages. For example, the lack of under-roof space, and hence the thermal insulation that it provides.

A house with a flat roof needs an attic with high-quality hydro and thermal insulation. To do this, you need expensive materials. Whatever flat roof no matter how, a minimum slope is still needed there. Usually it is 5-15 degrees. Such an angle of inclination is sufficient so that the roof does not collect rain and melt water. Moreover, on a perfectly flat roof, you will have to make a slope, that is, give it some slope. For this, special materials are used - plates with a certain angle. It is possible to use bulk materials. If you are concerned about the issue of cleaning snow in winter, calm down, taking on a shovel is not necessary at all. A warm cable will help solve the problem, thanks to which the snow will constantly melt and flow off the roof on its own. However, even what, in essence, is a disadvantage, can be a virtue. It is not necessary to remove all the snow from the roof. Leaving it there in a quantity that is safe for the roof, you get natural thermal insulation, which means you can save on heating.

If you decide to order a house project with a flat roof, you should remember that such construction can be associated with certain difficulties. For example, during the installation of a roof, all requirements for waterproofing must be met. Otherwise, in the future you will encounter leaks and water accumulating on the roof. You can order an individual project or buy standard project houses with a flat roof. In any case, you will be prompted to choose one of two types of roofing. It can be a lightweight or operated flat roof. Lightweight roofing does not provide for operation. In this case, the beams are laid on top bearing walls and are fixed in place. The next step is to mount the batten, then lay the waterproofing in several layers.

The next stage is the laying of thermal insulation and the installation of ventilation vents so that condensate does not accumulate in the insulation. Finally, the roof must be waterproofed with roofing membranes. If you choose flat roof house plan and would like to arrange a recreation area at the top, then you need to choose a building with a solid roof, designed for significant loads. There are several ways to equip such a roof. Concrete slabs can serve as ceilings. It will not be possible to lay such a roof without the involvement of heavy equipment, in addition, it needs to be insulated. Also, metal support beams can be used as the basis for the roofing. Most modern way– ceramic roofing blocks. This material will give the roof strength, will keep the heat inside and will not let in sounds from the outside. Such blocks are resistant to moisture.