30 felt can weigh between 16 and 27.
Weight of roofing felt psf.
Roof dead loads in psf material weight felt per ply 5 gravel 4 roll roofing 1 235 ib shingles and paper 2 5 2 15 ib and i 90 ib 1 7 3 15 ib and i 90 ib 2 2 3 ply ready roofing 1 3 ply felt and gravel 5 6 4 ply felt and gravel 6 built up roof 5 ply felt and gravel 6 5 concrete plank 6 5 insulrock 2 7 petrical 2 7 porex 2 7.
While this thermal mass can offer some nominal r value it also holds heat.
Heavy materials have great thermal mass.
Felt tar and slag roofing 4 ply 4 8 lb m ft 2 23 4 kg m 2 felt tar and slag roofing 5 ply 5 3 lb m ft 2 25 9 kg m 2.
In the past the felt number designation was correlated to the weight of the felt i e a 15 felt weighed 15 pounds 100 square feet.
By shifting the pound symbol 15 felt became 15 felt which may actually weigh 7 5 to 12 5 pounds per square.
348 s tructural w ood d esign preengineered framing roof trusses span ft weight psf of horizontal plan area 30 5 0 35 5 5 40 6 0 50 6 5 60 7 5 80 8 5 100 9 5 120 10 5 150 11 5 floor joists i joists and open web.
Asphalt saturated heavy duty roofing felt is available in 15 and 30 pound weights.
The best weight for roofing felt is the 30 pound product because it provides thicker and.
None asphalt roll roofing.
Material composition roofing felt 3 ply 1 5psf felt 5 ply 2 5psf rigid insulation temlock 1 thick 1 2psf cord 1 thick 0 7psf gold bond 1 thick 1 5psf styrofoam 1 thick 0 2psf foam glass 1 thick 0 8psf rigid fiberglass 1 thick 1 5psf roll or batt insulation rock wool 1 thick 0 2psf glass wool 1 thick 0 06psf alpol 0 1psf.
The weight of roofing constructions above the truss rafter may be estimated with the calculator below.
However that direct correlation to weight no longer exists.
With a low weight roofing material as many as 300 squares or even more may fit on a semi truck but weight limitations can hold that to 20 30 squares for very heavy roofing materials.