How To Design Roof Lines

The modern shed roof.

How to design roof lines.

Shed roofs are best for when you want to let an abundance of light and replace the sometimes impractical attic space with more interior volume. The 3d drawing also differs very slightly from the line drawings including a false hip connecting the front porch to the bedroom hip to its right and some false roofs over the unseen shed roof and how the garage roof connects to the main roof and lack of crickets. As you can see the 2 lines to the top left of the image are just drawn in approximately. Always match the slope of the roof between different sides of the same roof volume.

Rather than a single slope a gable roof consists of two slopes that meet at a peak running down the middle of the roof. We will determine there length in the next. It s tempting to cheat the slopes to make the design work in elevation on paper but the built result will fall flat. Shed roofs are another example of clean simple and functional roof structures the simple roof line can lend itself to modernist design quite nicely.

When matched to the angle and proportions of other rooflines on the house your gable roof will add visual interest and character to the home making the addition look like an asset that belongs with the house. All you really need to know to get started in thinking about adding a roof line is that it holds up gutters covers rafters keeps animals and the elements from getting into your roof while allowing for ventilation and acts as a finish between roof tiles or shingles and the edge of the eaves. This type of roof is often seen in buildings with a more complex layout for example homes with an attached garage. A cross gable roof is a design that consists of two or more gable roof ridges that intersect at an angle most commonly perpendicular to one another.