One Side Slope Roof

Their attractiveness traces to the desire to make a two story building function as a one story building to reduce the tax bill.

One side slope roof.

Mono pitched roof shed skillion lean to roof. Photography by george oakley. The workhorse of colonial america the familiar saltbox is a building that features a long pitched roof on one side similar to the lid on a salt storage box. The table below shows common roof pitches and the equivalent grade degrees and radians for each.

Sometimes the shorter slope is less pitched than the longer side. It also is often used on dormers extensions built on a basic roof to provide more light or space inside. The design is traditional and comes from colonial times. A pitch over 9 12 is considered a steep slope roof between 2 12 and 4 12 is considered a low slope roof and less than 2 12 is considered a flat roof.

Parkcity design builddesigned this wood clad housein utah. It has the upper ridge at the peak 2 slopes on each side and the added characteristic of one side s slope being noticeably longer. This is intended to cover an additional portion to the width of the frame. A roof that slopes in only one direction is called a shed or pent style.