How To Build A Slanted Roof House

Basically a slanted roof style is a flat roof tilted high up at one edge to create a very steep slope.

How to build a slanted roof house.

The rafters on a steeply sloped roof for instance will be much longer and have more end cuts than those on a flat roof. Once you ve determined the measurements you need mark them directly onto a series of 2 in 5 1 cm x 4 in 10 cm or 2 in 5 1 cm x 6 in 15 cm boards using a carpenter s pencil. Significantly cheaper to build than a gable or multi slope roof since there s less material in the roof. Next measure the area and make calculations so you know how much of your chosen materials to buy.

Purchase your materials including prefabricated trusses plywood covering and roof tiles. If the shed walls are level with each other you will need to build up one wall either by adding top plates or by constructing a small frame wall and adding it to your existing wall prior to constructing the slanted roof. At the same time the folded roof may vary in the slant from eighteen degrees. It must be clearly equals to thirty five degrees.

Parkcity design build designed this wood clad house in utah. Each item has a feature as well as the slanted roof angle. The lightweight steel sloped roof on this home is angled to make the most of winter sun that helps to. In order to build a slanted roof one of your shed s walls must be higher than the other.

To build a roof start by deciding whether you want to put up a flat or pitched roof on your building. Photography by george oakley.