Ondulin - a quality modern material for the roof, began to be produced in France, in the middle of the last century, in the city of Paris. Over the years of use, he has proven himself from the very best side. However, like other roofing materials, it is not without some drawbacks. What does all the same give him to remain one of the most popular materials to cover the roof among competitors? Let's find out more about this in our short article.
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Ondulin - the characteristic of a material for a roof
Ondulin (or Euroshield) is an indispensable, environmentally friendly and very high quality roofing material for covering roofs of houses, as well as outbuildings. Ondulin is a perfect replacement for the outdated old-fashioned ordinary slate. After all, it is much more durable and durable than the same slate or any other materials for the roof. Ondulin has a much more attractive appearance than all the usual roofing materials. Also, ondulin is not prone to drying out and premature failure that. Undoubtedly, it characterizes it from the best side - after all on the roof of the house it is exposed to all weather disasters (sun, rain, hail, wind, etc.). Ondulin will not rot and not crumble from time to time. With the help of ondulin, cheap and quickly you can cover any roof. And for this it is not necessary to be a professional. Any beginner, if there is time and desire, can easily do this, only mastering the simple editing technology (for example, on the Internet, using this or some other article). There are some nuances that must be considered when laying such roofing material as ondulin.
For example, those referred to in this small video, presented below.
Advantages and disadvantages of ondulin
The undoubted advantage of ondulin is that it is environmentally safe. In its production, only harmless substances are used, which do not harm neither the human body nor the environment (for example, bitumen).
Another of the positive features of ondulin can be noted that it is very light in weight material for coating the roof, which is important for construction and repair work. Ondulin is about four times lighter than slate. Therefore, working with it is much easier and easier. For example, ondulin will not break, like the same slate, and does not crack at the time of laying or when transporting it to the roof.
If you have a residential loft, then a dream under a roof, for example, made of metal, will be broken and the sound of rain, and the noise of the falling hail, or rustle of snow. And if the roof is covered with an onduline, then the problem of noise on the roof over the head of the sleeper will disappear by itself. Due to its soft surface, it absorbs all outgoing, unwanted sounds.
Also ondulin is several times cheaper than metal. Undoubtedly, the price of roofing material ondulin will please anyone.
Ondulin fireproof and fireproof, thanks to a special impregnation (when buying, ask about its availability from the seller).
Among the drawbacks of ondulin, one can call it such a feature as the deflection at the time of wetting and the color change over time. It should be noted that in these relationships the metal tile is clearly winning.
Also ondulin, being a bituminous material, is short-lived. Due to the small size, a considerable number of seams will be a disadvantage.
If for you these characteristics are very important, then you can stop the choice on some other modern roofing material, and not onduline. However, millions of owners of private houses both in our country and abroad, choose ondulin.
Application of roofing material ondules
In our country, ondulin is used to cover roofs in private houses and cottages. Due to the low cost to buy it can afford anyone - from the owner of the fashionable mansion and ending with a farmer, shifting the roof on the economic building.
Covering the roof with an onduline with your own hands is not such a difficult task. You just need to learn the technology of its packing.
So, roofing materials for the roof, including ondulin, when laying, need the use of a crate. Here the greatest importance is played by the angle of the roof slope of the house. The lining is made of wooden beams made of coniferous wood and laid crosswise as often as possible. After all, as we remember, the ondulin has a peculiarity to sag. Therefore, in the spring onduline, after it has been soaked, it would not hang over excess moisture, especially at the eaves of the roof, nail the crate as often as possible. It may not be as strong as, for example, for slate (because the ondulin is much lighter), and not so high (even low), but much more frequent.
On top of the crate attach a special hydroisulating layer - a special film is applied.
When working with the onduline, namely when it is attached to the lath of the roof of the house, use special nails, on the hats of which it should be indicated that these are nuduline nails.
Snapping such nails, remember that if you do it in bad faith, their hats can open during operation, so approach this process seriously.
When buying a one-liner, we advise you to pay attention to its labeling. On each sheet, the code of the plant on which it was manufactured shall be affixed.
As you can see, covering the roof with ondulin is a very real task! We wish you success in this matter.
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