Traditional Pitched Roof House

Pitches above 9 12 are very highly angled and are designated steep slope roofs.

Traditional pitched roof house.

The most commonly used roof pitches fall in a range between 4 12 and 9 12. Visually this roof appears flat. The sloped roofs on this wood clad modern home promote excellent drainage and open up the house to allow to take. The two basic construction methods of pitched roofs are.

This pitch might be as low as 1 12. Pitches of less than 2 12 are considered flat roofs even though they may be very slightly angled. A traditional method of cutting timber on site and building up the roof using rafters joists purlins ridge. Mono pitched roofs pitched here means a roof plane rather than a slope and implies it is not a flat roof mono pitched roof shed skillion lean to roof.

Ask any architect and they ll tell you that hardly any other type of architecture is as timeless and modern as that of flat roof houses. It should come as no wonder then that these are experiencing a serious comeback right now. Roofs on victorian era houses were often sharply angled with a steep pitch. Pitches lower than 4 12 have a slight angle and they are defined as low slope roofs.

Flat roofs have no slope and are available in built up single ply. Modernist parents may cringe and patiently explain to their 3 year old that a roof doesn t have to be inclined that the flat roof is a symbol of progress in the architectural world. This is one of the rare pitches where the numerator is greater than the denominator with a slope as high as 18 12. When you ask a child to draw a house you re likely to get a similar image across cultures.

Dormers contain a window that projects vertically from a traditional pitched roof creating an extended window in the roof. Photography by nic granleese. Robinson architects designed this australian house. Walls a prominent front door and most notably a pitched roof.

Regardless of how new or modern a house is there is a good chance that it will be topped off with a flat roof now but if you can t picture how great they look we. Prefabricated trusses which are delivered to site and erected. Think of a classic addams family haunted house with its soaring peaks and you have a picture of a high pitched roof. A low slope roof is the perfect candidate for a standing seam panel roof adds papania and indeed standing seam is the traditional choice for porches as well as on low pitched modern style houses.

The sloped roof on this modern house provide shade during the day and helps to direct rain water into the containers at the back of the house.