Detail Saw Tooth Roof

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Detail saw tooth roof. The roof has two or more parallel roofs that resemble the teeth of a saw. This kind of roof admits natural light into a deep plan building or factory. Hendee borg house by william o brien jr. A saw tooth roof is a roof comprising a series of ridges with dual pitches either side.

By incorporating sawtooth roofs a typology marked by a series of sloping dual pitched ridges the prudent designs included in this collection deliver a unique series of light pathways which stream through and penetrate each building s interior. The sawtooth roof design is most commonly seen on older factory buildings. Old suffolk barn transformed into countryside bed and breakfast by blee halligan architects dezeen. With a sawtooth roof the vertical aspects of the roof are fitted with windows or glass panels.

One slope of each member is steeper than the other one. A sawtooth roof has a series of ridges that have dual pitches on each side. Stego extension by archmongers features a sawtooth roof made from corrugated aluminium archmongers has turned a section of walled garden in a 1980s house in south london into a living space with. This type of roof works best in large industrial buildings like factories and provides natural light.

It may also resemble a continuous row of skillion roofs. Transverse section of machine shop with saw tooth roof of steel construction. The essential feature of the saw tooth construction consists in forming the roof in broken sections the roof proper having an inclination of about fifteen degrees and the glazed portions an inclination of about sixty degrees. The steeper surfaces are glazed.

The steeper surfaces are glazed and face away from the equator to shield workers and machinery from direct sunlight.