Steel Framed Mono Pitch Steel Roof Detail

Refer to the rain carrying table in this booklet for the maximum allowable panel length per slope that will provide adequate drainage.

Steel framed mono pitch steel roof detail.

Mono meaning single and the slope is referred to as the pitch. Roof pitch the metal roofing panels shown in this manual require a min imum slope of 2 ʺ per foot to ensure proper drainage. Mike guertin on instagram mike guertin a builder and remodeler in east greenwich r i and a presenter at jlc live responds. A mono pitch portal frame is usually chosen for small spans or because of its proximity to other buildings.

Mono pitch roof features the mono pitch roof is always made out of one single roofing surface. Mono pitched roof construction is generally standalone roofs which imply that you don t need to attach them to any part of your roof. It is a simple variation of the pitched roof portal frame and tends to be used for smaller buildings up to 15 m span. This kind of roofing is true to its name.

We framed and roofed a number of contemporary homes in the 1970s and 1980s with mono slope aka mono pitch roofs. Roof pitch the metal roofing panels shown in this manual require a mini mum slope of 2 per foot to ensure proper drainage. A client has hired me to build a large outbuilding with a single plane shed roof how do i weatherproof the uppermost edge. Level top plates and trusses where the wall frames have level top plates and the roof framing consists of trusses or a strutted roof either roof plane or roof space bracing is required in accordance with para graphs 10 3 2 and 10 3 3 for light and heavy roofs see figure 2.

For longer slopes and lower roof pitches contact fabral for other suitable profiles.