Passive ventilation was the answer with high pressure at the factory floor and low pressure towards the roof vents were opened in the sawtooths and the buoyancy effect of passive ventilation.
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A saw tooth roof is a roof comprising a series of ridges with dual pitches either side.
It may also resemble a continuous row of skillion roofs.
A roof comprising a mono pitched roof or for larger buildings series of clarification needed mono pitched roofs with vertical surfaces glazed and pitched upward in general terms away from the equator though other directions suit if direct sunlight is desired and where rooftop access may otherwise be impracticable.
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While the roof looks like the teeth of a saw sometimes it resembles a row of skillion roofs.
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The profile of these type of buildings is similar in shape to the teeth of a saw hence the name.
One slope of each member is steeper than the other one.
This type of roof works best in large industrial buildings like factories and provides natural light.
With a sawtooth roof the vertical aspects of the roof are fitted with windows or glass panels.
The sawtooth roof design is most commonly seen on older factory buildings.
The steeper surfaces are glazed.
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An example of the sawtooth form is this factory built for morris engines ltd at gosford street coventry in 1923.