In today’s modern architecture, curved roof designs have become increasingly popular. It allows design flexibility by creating sweeping curves, clean uncluttered lines and unique styles of roofing. Inspired designs become a reality with Stratco roofing, and make an impression to last a lifetime.
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Technical Information
Installation Information
Spring Curving Installation Information
Fixing Requirements
Typically, standard fixing requirements will be adequate for spring curved roofing. In some cases, however, due to a combination of spring curving and thermal expansion effects, screws are susceptible to shear failure. The problem is most likely to occur towards the ends of the sheets which are fastened to heavy supports with little or no flexibility. In this situation large loads are transferred through the fixing points which can lead to roof sheets tearing or screws shearing.
In these cases, it is recommended clearance holes are drilled into the sheeting to allow movement of the sheets around the screws. Cyclonic washer assemblies would then be required to cover the clearance holes.
Stratco manufacture continuous lengths of roof sheeting that can be laid from eave to eave across the full width of the roof. The following precautions should be considered for this type of roof construction:
• Roof slopes for each of the roofing profiles shown in Tables on the Technical Information tab are not to be exceeded. • Spacing between the ridge purlins are as shown in Tables ob the Technical Information Tab. • Where a ridge board is used in the roof construction the top face should not be higher than the line of curvature that the roof sheeting will assume between the ridge purlins. • Side laps are to be sealed along the full length of the curvature, between the two centre purlins. • Slight crease marks may occur in the pans of the roof profile between the ridge purlins or roof battens when subject to foot traffic.
Minimum Ridge Purlin Spacing For Spring Curved Ridges
Maximum Roof Slope
Smartspan® BMT
CGI Corrugated BMT
CGI Curving BMT
0.42mm
0.48mm
0.42mm
0.48mm
0.60mm
1 in 20 (3°)
1400
1500
1 in 15 (4°)
1500
1600
1 in 12 (5°)
1700
1200
1300
1200
1 in 10 (6°)
1400
1300
1 in 8 (7°)
1400
Note: If oil canning in pans is considered acceptable, concealed fix decks such as Topdek® 700 can be spring curved over a ridge up to a maximum slope of 1 in 30 (2˚) providing the spacing between the ridge purlins are slightly less than Stratco’s recommended internal spans. Please refer to Spring Curving in the Stratco Technical Guide for further information.
Spring Curved Convex Roofing
Using the overall width plus the rise of a convex roof, the radius of curvature can be calculated using the equation shown in Figure 2. The side laps of convex roofs are to be sealed using a recommended sealant. This is required at the roof crest where the slope is less than the recommended minimum for each roofing profile. The length of roof to be sealed (shown as seal length ‘s’) can be calculated using the equation shown in Figure 2.
Recommended Radius For Convex Spring Curving
Sheet Profile
BMT (mm)
Min. Radius (m)
Purlin Spacing at Min. Radius* (mm)
Max. Radius† (m)
Smartspan®
0.42
20
1200
60
0.48
20
1400
60
CGI Corrugated
0.42
12
800
35
0.48
10
1000
35
CGI Curving
0.60
9
900
35
*For radii curvature greater than the recommended minimum, the purlin spacing can be increased. However, the purlin spacing should not exceed the recommended maximum for straight sheeting given in Stratco product literature. †Maximum recommended radius to provide sufficient drainage near crest of curvature.
Note: Please refer to Spring Curving in the Stratco Technical Guide for further information.
Spring Curved Concave Roofing
Sheeting can also be spring curved to the minimum radii shown in Table 3 to form a concave roof.
Recommended Radius For Concave Spring Curving
Sheet Profile
Base Metal Thickness (mm)
Minimum Radius (m)
Purlin Spacing at Minimum Radius*(mm)
Topdek®
0.42
24
1000
0.48
26
1400
Smartspan®
0.42
18
1200
0.48
20
1400
Superdek®
0.42
20
1000
0.48
22
1200
CGI Corrugated
0.42
10
800
0.48
10
1000
CGI Curving
0.60
8
800
*For radii curvature greater than the recommended minimum, the purlin spacing can be increased. However, the purlin spacing should not exceed the recommended maximum for straight sheeting given in Stratco product literature.
