We all need somewhere to live and sleep and, for many of us, the place we call home is a house. For us to be comfortable living in our house, it must protect us from the weather. This means that it must be closed off at the top. To keep the elements out, we put a lid on the top of the house which we then call the roof.
When Does Your Lid Become A Roof?
At its simplest, house design could be nothing more than four walls forming a square or rectangular living space inside, topped off with a flat lid or roof. We would be safe and dry inside and we could subdivide the space into rooms; we could even build the sides higher so as to include additional floors. Cynics might say that many of today’s architectural designs are nothing more than “little boxes” and such a disparaging term does, perhaps, sum up our, understandable, wish to live inside something that is attractive in appearance as well as being safe and sound inside. Once our living space design becomes more attractive, the harder it becomes to simply put a flat lid on top of it and the more complex shapes required become deserving of the name – “roof”.
An ancient alternative to the box concept was the “A-Frame” construction method whereby support poles were fixed in the ground to form a perimeter. The supports were angled so as to meet in the structures center. The inverted “V” closed off the top and the cross piece of the “A” braced the sides and could be used to support a floor. The whole thing could then be covered to exclude the elements. If the covering was canvas or hides, the result became a tent.
Maybe, When It Looks More Like A Tent?
If you remove the house below any pitched roof house, the result does strongly resemble a tent- even the supporting framework is usually “A” shaped. The construction of such roofs is a specialised craft and most people having a new house built will call on experts for their Roofing In Loveland CO.
Over time, the best constructed roof will require some repair or renovation and, who better to contact for this, than the original builder of your Roofing In Loveland CO.
For good Roofing In Loveland CO, you should check out the website for Jerry’s Roofing, LLC. at . They construct new roofs and carry out quality repairs on existing roofs.
