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Hip Roof | A Standard
| Gable (Ridge-Line N to S) | Gable (Ridge-Line W to E) | Mono-Pitch |
Roofspace Walls
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Hip Roof where all roof sections slope downwards to the Walls. Default 23 degree roof pitch. Very common in Australian homes particularly for Volume Builders. | |||
Gable (Ridge-Line N to S & Ridge-Line W to E sub-types) | A Gable Roof that creates a Roofspace Air Volume between the Roof & Ceiling. Default 23 degree roof pitch. Two end walls are created automatically by Hero on the North & South or West & East ends of the Roofspace Zone for N-to-S & W-to-S Gable Roofs respectively.
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Mono-Pitch (creating a Roofspace) | A single pitched roof (default is a North to South 10 degree pitch) similar to a Skillion roof but that explicitly creates a sizeable Roofspace Air Volume between the Ceiling & Roof lines.
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Roofspace Walls
Roofspace Walls for Gable & Mono-Pitch Roofspace Shapes are created automatically by Hero and currently cannot be edited by the User (coming soon). A Hip Roofspace Shape has no external walls in the Roofspace Zone.
Roofspace Soffit Floor
All Roofspaces have an optional Soffit Floor automatically created and shown in the Floor Data-Grid (not shown within Visual View). This Floor is used to allow users to approximate the effects of areas of Roofspace such as Eaves or Overhangs where Heat Transfer from the External Environment into the Roofspace Zone will occur.
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The Soffit Floor is shown initially with a 0m2 Area Floor (ie empty) in the Floor Data-Grid with Name “Roofspace 1 Soffit” etc.
To use the Soffit Floor, enter a manual area into the Area Column of the Floor Data-Grid. If you do not enter a non-zero area, then no Soffit will be modelled in the Simulation
The Soffit Floor can have Insulation added to it to reduce Heat Transfer into the space however the Assembly cannot be changed.
SUBFLOOR ZONES
Subfloor Walls
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