Before you get on the roof you have to gather and collect all the things you need in order to do the task you wanted to.
How to build chinese roof.
Such roof has five ridges and four sides all in the form of gentle slope.
Place a ring of oak wood slabs around the outside.
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With the rafters felt and batten on all thats left are the tiles.
Step 1 1 start by building a foundation for your house.
Place a ring of oak wood planks around the outside of the rectangle.
Take all of it up to the roof at first don t leave anything behind as you do not want to keep going back and forth.
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Rounded tiles were most commonly used with profiles of arcs and semicircles.
Use drinking straws to skewer the positioning pieces and ceiling in the order shown.
Only the royal family and confucius had the privilege to use such style of roof.
Glue the 6 oblique beams on thee ceiling.
Build an earthquake resistant wooden building strong enough to endure several tumultuous centuries but without using nails or glue.
The wing part of the roof should curve upwards with the scalloped side of the pattern parallel to the roof ridge.
These pillars will form the basics of the walls step 3 3 place three oak fence.
Hip hipped roof wudian roof see the 1st picture below.
Hipped roof is of the highest level in traditional chinese architecture.
Fill in the rectangle with oak wood planks.
Replace the corners with full blocks step 2 2 place 3 oak wood logs on top of each log in the foundation.
There should be a three block gap between each log.
Make a slit in the oblique beams about 1 cm long to match the positioning pieces mind you.
Gable and hip roof duration.
Measure the tops of the boxes and cut the preprepared roof paper to fit making a roof shape like an inverted v.
Gather all the necessary tools.
Secure pieces together with tape placed on the nonpatterned side.
Place a 3x4 rectangle of oak logs.
Make sure the ladder has been secured to the roof in the proper way.
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A nailless chinese construction method.
Eastern asia hip and gable roof xieshan roof.
Traditional chinese architecture is not only as old as chinese civilization with 5 000 years of history but unique in the world particularly when the roof system is concerned both in terms of its multi layered dougong structure a set of interlocking wooden brackets that supports the massive roofs and its visual style in shape size and colour.
Glue the kraft paper or small cardboard pieces around the top hexagonal parts to build the top of pavilion.