Roof With Pitch At One Side

The slope of the roof on this modern pond side house allows the solar panels to take in as much energy as possible and lets rain water fall back into the pond to help with drainage around the house.

Roof with pitch at one side.

The picture below shows the pitch of a 7 12 roof slope meaning that for 12 of horizontal measurement roof run the vertical measurement roof rise is 7. A saltbox shed is a gable that extends further incorporating a covered porch on the front or back. Standing on the ground you see only the steep section and may think that the house is flat on top. The dutch gable roof is just the opposite of a half hipped roof with the gable on top and the hipped roof lower.

Photography by marc lamkin. A gable roof is probably the most versatile type of shed roof and the most common as it can handle any type of pitch. Mansard roofs are a type of hip roof where each sloping section is divided in two. To create maximum space under the roof the section near the walls rises steeply.

Blind valleys simplify framing to keep the porch roof framing as simple as possible we installed a structural ridge supported by posts at each end with the common rafters landing on top of the ridge. Holly smith architects designed this louisiana home. A gable roof with one side longer than the other and thus closer to the ground unless the pitch on one side is altered. A saw tooth roof consists of a series of ridges that have a dual pitch on either side.

Using a pitch measuring tool that i d made we also determined that the exact pitch of the shed roof was 3 1 2 in 12. So you would need to pick the right option as most regular standing seam metal roofs will require a roof pitch of 2 12 or even 3 12 at a minimum. You could also opt for a pvc flat roofing membrane. A lean to is also versatile but features only one roof face.

The roof is supported at one end by a wall raised higher than the other enabling the roof to be pitched at a steeper angle to allow runoff in heavy rain. A gable roof has the same pitch on each side as well as the same length. A lean to roof similar to a skillion roof is composed of one angled pitch. There are some standing seam metal roofing options available from atas and other manufacturers that can be installed on a roof with pitch of 1 12.

This measurement is best done on a bare roof because curled up roofing shingles will impair your measurement. The saltbox roof is a gabled roof the one side that is shorter than the other sometimes called a cat slide roof. On the roof hold the level perfectly level and measure the height from the roof to the level 12 inches away from where the level touches the surface this will be the rise.