How To Build A Bermuda Roof

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How to build a bermuda roof.

Every new house in bermuda is now designed for a certain level of self sufficiency as each one must have 8 gallons 36 liters of tank space per square foot 0 1 square meters of roof area to. The archetypical bermuda house is a low squared building with a stepped white roof and pastel painted walls both of which are made out of stone. Additionally this method allows the eps tiles to move with not against the flexing of the roof and creates a monolithic structure. The defining characteristics of the bermuda roof are that it is built with bermuda limestone tiles known as slate and more recently a synthetic product called duraslate laid in a stepped fashion over a wood frame with a stone gutter near the edge of the roof to funnel the water down a pipe and into a water storage tank usually under the.

To build a traditional bermudian roof masons mortar rectangular slabs or slates of local limestone to each other over a hip roof frame. Then they apply more mortar over the top and edges of the slates filling the joints and giving the roof its traditional stepped shape. We are proud to a offer a superior expanded polystyrene eps bermuda profile. Adhering the tiles directly to the substrate provides a superior uplift threshold.

The island of bermuda has no fresh water springs rivers or lakes so the design of its roofs is essential for collecting rainwater. Our eps roof has its roots in bermuda as a similar system was first created in bermuda in 1968. Between roof and wall are a series of eaves painted a third colour which is also used on the wooden shutters of relatively small windows.