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Gable or shed roof for porch.
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The open porch below has a combination shed gable roof.
The gable roof shed is also known as an a frame roof or cottage style.
A gable roof has the same pitch on each side as well as the same length.
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First you need to know the terminology of roofs.
The gable portion accentuates the entrance to the home.
Shed roofs are easy and fast to build do not need extensive flashing and have no ridges hips or valleys to contend with.
By design they offer both width and depth that in many cases a gable or shed roof cannot.
Flat roof construction ideas.
If the windows are 12 feet from deck level and the porch is 16 feet wide with 8 foot high walls the porch roof can have about a 4 12 gable pitch.
You will more often see a hip or a flat roof on our porches.
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This cottage has an a frame roof.
The porch below has a shed roof.
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A hip roof is designed so that all sides slope downwards to the walls usually with a fairly minimal slope.
There are many different roof types such as.
Hip roofs can be an ideal solution for those wanting to add a porch to a ranch home.
A shed roof gently slopes downward from one side.
When we meet with new clients most assume their options are a gable or shed roof.
Gables hips shed flat etc.
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It most nearly matches most homes.
A lean to is also versatile but features only one roof face.
A hipped roof has no gables or other vertical sides.
This one looks more like a house which is something many people find attractive.
A saltbox shed is a gable that extends further incorporating a covered porch on the front or back.
A gable roof is probably the most versatile type of shed roof and the most common as it can handle any type of pitch.
This allows for expected rafter depth roof sheathing and 6 inches of clearance for flashing if instead the same porch were 24 feet wide the roof could have only a 2 7 12 pitch.
Shed style porch roof with gable roof over the front door it normally sits on a beam that has a different height to give it the required slope.