Roof Flat One Side

A pitched extension of a main roof similar to a lean to but an extension of the upper roof.

Roof flat one side.

A gable roof with one side longer than the other and thus closer to the ground unless the pitch on one side is altered. Using the most common roof slope 4 12 a 24 foot wide building will be eight feet taller on one side than the other. Their attractiveness traces to the desire to make a two story building function as a one story building to reduce the tax bill. The sections of roof either side of the vertical wall are typically sloping allowing a large amount of natural light into the windows.

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 formula for a simple span beam includes the square of the span think of a 16 foot height having to carry four times the load of eight foot. From a structural aspect building columns act as beams to resist wind loads. Flat roofs can cantilever into daring overhangs for shade protection and solar gain control.