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Boarded Roofs
vietnamseabee said:I’m trying to grasp the functionality of a wood plank roof as in Brian Nolan’s Addison Tie and Lumber. This style of roof seems common of sawmills (which Is my current build) . I’m using trusses at 48” centers with 2x6 purlins. The roof boards and 2x8/2x10 boards with the long edge butt joints covered with 2x4/2x6 battens.
Not a completely watertight roof system so I’m wondering in a layer of tarpaper would have been placed between the purlins and roof boards. Seems like significant sagging would occur with the tarpaper….all clear as mud?
Thoughts?
Terry
Terry asked about boarded roofs in another thread.
Now granted, the way some of us model them they really wouldn't be water tight, with all the character, deterioration, interest and weathering we add.
However in the real world they were used quite a lot as a cheap and quick way to protect a structure. As far as I remember/understand the boards are butted closely and covered with the battens. When the boards get wet they swell and close any small gaps between the boards thus making it water tight.
Here are a few examples.
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