Title page -- Copyright -- 1 Introduction and Acknowledgements -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 2 Roofing terminology -- 3 Calculating the size of timber members -- STRENGTH AND SECTION SIZE CALCULATIONS -- HOW DO WE CALCULATE THE LOADING ON THE ROOF? -- TIMBER MEMBER SIZING DESIGN: AN EXAMPLE -- COST CONSIDERATION -- 4 Calculating the length and cutting angles of timber members: data tables 5°-75° -- THE PITCH -- USING THE TABLES TO CUT A COMMON RAFTER -- HIP JACK RAFTERS -- HIP RAFTERS -- VALLEY JACK RAFTERS -- THE RIDGE -- PURLINS -- 5 Wall Plates - Strapping and Gable Strapping -- 6 Wind bracing and openings for dormers and roof windows -- OPENINGS FOR DORMERS AND ROOF WINDOWS -- 7 Roofing metalwork and fixings -- NAILS, BOLTS AND SCREWS -- 8 Engineered timber roofing components and prefabricated roofs -- TRUSSED RAFTERS -- SPANDREL PANELS -- CRANE-ON ROOF ASSEMBLIES - TRUSSED RAFTERS -- CRANE-ON ROOFS - STRUCTURAL PANELS -- CRANE-ON ROOF ASSEMBLIES - STRUCTURAL INSULATED PANELS -- ATTIC TO ROOM-IN-THE-ROOF CONVERSION -- 9 Roof coverings - underlay, battens and tiles -- UNDERLAY -- BATTENS -- INSULATION AND VENTILATION -- CHOOSING THE ROOF COVERING -- BUILDING REGULATIONS - THERMAL PERFORMANCE -- 10 Roof coverings - building detail drawings -- THE NEW BS 5534:2014 -- MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATION -- HIPS, RIDGES, VERGES AND VALLEYS - TRADITIONAL AND NEW METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION -- ROOFING PUTTIES -- NATURAL SLATES -- CONCRETE INTERLOCKING TILES -- PLAIN AND PEG TILES -- ASPHALT SHINGLES -- METAL TILES -- LEAD SUBSTITUTES -- 11 Solar panels -- PLANNING AND ROOF SUITABILITY -- ROOF CONSTRUCTION -- FIXING THE PANELS -- POSSIBLE IMPROVED FIXING -- VARIATIONS ON PANEL DESIGN -- 12 Sheds and outbuildings -- PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT -- TYPES OF PERMITTED BUILDING -- DESIGN -- THE STRUCTURE -- THE MONO-PITCH ROOF -- THE DUAL-PITCH ROOF -- ROOF COVERINGS.

MAKE YOUR NEW BUILDING SAVE MONEY! -- 13 Tools and equipment -- OBTAINING INFORMATION FROM THE DRAWING -- TO CUT THE ROOF -- SETTING UP THE ROOF STRUCTURE -- ROOF COVERINGS -- 14 HEALTH & SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS -- ACCESS TO THE ROOF -- BASIC PRINCIPLES -- RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF EXISTING ROOF STRUCTURES -- NEWLY CONSTRUCTED ROOFS -- THE ROOF COVERING -- CONCLUSION -- Bibliography -- Index -- EULA.