Aspen wood as roof construction material

The analysis of using aspen wood in roof structures is presented in the article. Employment of aspen in construction is well-known, but new technologies of woodworking and wood protection with impregnants, which include antiseptics and flame-retardants, create new prospects of studying the use of this material in roof construction. Contemporary roofing materials should meet a whole complex of quality requirements inclusive of structural strength, fire resistance, resistance to biochemical effects, resource conservation, and environmental safety. The completed analysis showed that a shingle roof with large size chips could be one of these structures. The shingle with its unique properties is an unjustly forgotten material, and its use will contribute to the improvement of the woodworking industry in the sphere of production and deep processing of aspen wood, to the rational use of short materials and other wastes of timber industry.