watching a worker on the rooftop moments ago moving a small machine on wheels over the gravel made me pause and wonder about the rooflines and three different levels , two pitched in opposite directions towards one another to the middle of the lower roof......interesting design for water drainage/snow melt on two higher roofs .....wonder where runoff is funneled ? .......
will the terrace continue beyond the current lengths in either bowed directions ....what are the other untopped pillars beyond the terrace walk to support?.....
cyberdawg Wrote:watching a worker on the rooftop moments ago moving a small machine on wheels over the gravel made me pause and wonder about the rooflines and three different levles , two pitched in opposite directions towards the middle of the lower roof......interesting design for water drainage/snow melt on two higher roofs .....wonder where runoff is funneled ? .......
will the terrace continue beyond the current lengths in either bowed directions ....what are the other pillars beyond the terrace walk to support?.....
probably down a column inside the building.....
and into the ground beneath the flooring and clay tiled outward away from the building ?
and the roof water collected goes into the ground beneath the flooring and clay tiled outward away from the building ?
It's godda go somewhere.
Perhaps the lower roof is pitched as well in all one direction or split N/S and/or E/W to the outer edges.
Flat roofs in midwest oftentimes pose challenges and present leaks within a much shorter time than do pitched roofs. Think of what happens to roadways with freezing and thawing each winter. Condensation is large amounts not flowing away is never a good thing for roofs.
Not that the designs are the same but the same company managing this project also did a building on the campus where I work. It opened last year just after there was a flooded first floor due to drainage issues and inability to handle the flow of storm water.
cyberdawg Wrote:and into the ground beneath the flooring and clay tiled outward away from the building ?
it'll probably be piped out from under the building into a main storm pipe. at least i think thats what would happen
cyberdawg Wrote:will the terrace continue beyond the current lengths in either bowed directions ....what are the other untopped pillars beyond the terrace walk to support?.....
from the drawings they have nothing on top, just looks like a flagpole will be attached. I think they are just there to give the illusion of a horseshoe.