| 摘要 |
Abstract A weatherproof enhanced roofing system comprising a plurality of elongated roofing material support battens arranged to be secured to a roof structure in spaced-apart, parallel relationship, whereby a plurality of roofing material pieces are arranged in rows having a upper-end portion supported by one batten and a lower-end portion supported by the next lower batten; a plurality of spaced-apart, parallel weather strips to be engaged with the roofing material pieces secured onto the batten; whereby each weather strip extends between a pair of adjacent battens; said weather strips are arranged in rows wherein the next row is positioned in an alternate manner with the previous row; the plurality of roofing material pieces arranged to be secured to the battens and to be supported by the weather strips along the edges where adjacent pieces of roofing material meet, adjacent pieces of roofing material being arranged in a side by-side manner, and wherein the lower-end portion of an upper row of roofing material pieces overlaps with the upper portion of a lower row of the roofing material pieces on a lower adjacent batten, the roof material piece incorporating at least one wind bunker defined as a ridge protruding from an upper surface of the roofing material piece in the region of the top portion, the roof material piece also incorporating at least one flow-retarding channel located between the uppermost edge thereof and the wind bunker; wherein the construction of the weather strips and the roofing material pieces, and the arrangement of the said weather strips and roofing material pieces to the batten forms a connected under-pathway allowing water/moisture which may have seeped through gaps between adjacent roofing material pieces to be directed off the roof; and wherein the at least one wind bunker, the at least one flow retarding channel, and the engagement between roofing material pieces on the upper row and the lower row co-operate to provide a means to minimize wind-blown water entering the roof through the overlapped portion of the roofing material pieces. |
