How To Make A Roof For Brike And Concrete Walls
This requires basic carpenter tools and a sheet of 75 inch 19 mm plywood along with 2 x 4 inch 5 1 x 10 2 cm by 8 feet 2 4 m lumber.
How to make a roof for brike and concrete walls. Learn how to build a low wall from concrete breezeblocks. It is used to seal the gap between walls and intersecting roofs. Metal roof flashing is a galvanized sheet metal that is bent at a 90 degree angle about 8 to 12 inches on each side of the angle. The depth and size of the foundation will vary depending on the size of the concrete block wall and the weight it must support but a typical freestanding wall requires a foundation that is about twice as wide as the wall itself and which extends about 1 foot down below the frost line.
Use 9 x 4 x 3 5 inches 22 9 x 10 2 x 8 9 cm for your brick dimensions. Of course a concrete roof requires more support than a typical wooden roof. Remember to check out the full diy construction video on our website. Make the forms you need to use for the concrete bricks.
Attaching a wood roof to a cinder block building is difficult but possible. It comes in 10 foot lengths or for step flashing 6 inch lengths. However the do it yourselfer can attach a wooden roof to cinder block with little or no training in one to two days depending on the size and scope of the project. For this reason adding a concrete roof onto a wood.
Interior support beams can help but the construction works best when concrete walls floor and roof form a solid shell.