A roof over your head

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A ROOF makes a home. Though the foundation, walls and floor are all equally important in the structure of a building, the role of the roof in defining a home has been well established. Because, we say, `a roof over your head,' and not `a foundation under your feet,' or `a wall around you.' The roofing’s of Kerala flat is providing multiple facilities such as health club, swimming pools, etc A roof is the covering on the uppermost part of a building. The purpose of a roof is to protect the building and its contents from the effects of weather. The types of structures that require roofs range from the size of a letter box to that of a cathedral or stadium, dwellings being the most numerous.

The characteristics of a roof are dependent upon the purpose of the building that it covers the available roofing materials and the local traditions of construction and wider concepts of architectural design and practice and may also be governed by local or national legislation.

In most countries a roof protects primarily against rain. Depending upon the nature of the building, the roof may also protect against heat, against sunlight, against cold and against wind. If the roof is the covering for a house, then all these protective functions are called into play. Other types of structure, for example, a garden conservatory, might utilize roofing that protects against cold, wind and rain but admits light. A verandah may be roofed with material that protects against sunlight but admits the other elements.

The roof shelters not only those who reside in the house, but also the house itself. The roof is the major fortification for the entire structure against the vagaries of nature. Not only that, it defines the character of the house and even that of the people living within. For example, if you are living in a house that leaks half the year and heats up like an oven the other half, how could you expect to think and live positively? The entire year becomes a struggle to keep out the rain and counter the sun.