Goss’s Roofing Ready Reckoner provides cutting angle and lengths for traditional ‘cut’ roofs and design tables for timber sizing, based on BS5268 ‘Structural use of timber’ and now including a comparison of timber sizes using Eurocode 5 ‘Design of Timber Structures’. Additional information is provided on wall plate and gable strapping, wind bracing, truss clips and other roofing metalwork, plus information on tools, equipment and health and safety matters. Detailed drawings for tiling, slating and other roof coverings are included, with fixing requirements revised to BS 5534:2014. Information on lead substitutes and roofing putties is also provided. Design of warm and cold roofs is fully covered, including ventilation and insulation requirements. The fifth edition also includes new chapters on engineered timber roofing components, solar panel fixing and outbuilding roofs.

"The revised fifth edition of Goss's Roofing Ready Reckoner provides much needed practical guidance on the timberwork supporting tile and slate roofs. The book will be of assistance to both carpenters and tilers in providing guidance to the latest standards and new products.... It is recommended that a copy is available on site to carpenters and tilers, and kept in the van or tool bag."
—Keith Roberts, RCI Technical Note Number 241, September 2016

C.N. Mindham BSc has had a wide experience in the construction industry. After working at TRADA as Eastern Regional Officer, he developed a timber engineering business to become one of the country’s largest producers of trussed rafters. He has subsequently run his own consultancy and been Managing Director of companies manufacturing trussed rafters, joinery and prefabricated timber buildings, and architectural metal work.