Outbuilding Concrete Roof

If your shed site slopes pouring concrete is a bigger job because you have to build strong forms and pour extra concrete on the downhill side.

Outbuilding concrete roof.

A grout will hold the flat concrete roof in place. Add some water to get a flowing consistency. A concrete roof is exactly what it sounds like. A concrete block shed should be built on a slab or footer foundation.

I had the same thing on my house. The 4 inch solid concrete roof was joined to a mirror image on the neighbours side. A good foundation will eliminate many of the problems associated with building a concrete block shed. The term pitch refers to the slope of the roof.

From doors and windows to trim and roofing. Then cut the rest of the roof away a bit at a time and slid it off the edge. Exact specifications vary but most concrete roofs are several inches thick. In order to adhere to standardized building codes and ensure adequate runoff your shed s roof must have a pitch of at least 3 12 read as three in twelve.

Determine your desired roof pitch. A simpler method is to build your shed floor like a deck with footings posts and a wood frame covered by plywood. To make a grout you will need sand and portland cement. For a concrete slab measure.

Foundations should be level square and built to appropriate depths for the location s frost line. For this step you will have to make the grout mixture. I put supports under the roof then used a petrol stihl saw to cut my roof away from the neighbours as close to the party wall as possible.