How To Build A Slanted Roof House

The sloped roof on this modern house is angled backwards to maximize natural light inside while enabling snow and rain to drain off at the back.

How to build a slanted roof house.

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. To build a roof start by deciding whether you want to put up a flat or pitched roof on your building. At the same time the folded roof may vary in the slant from eighteen degrees. In order to build a slanted roof one of your shed s walls must be higher than the other.

Next measure the area and make calculations so you know how much of your chosen materials to buy. The coating material for a slanted shed roof can be varied. 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. Basically a slanted roof style is a flat roof tilted high up at one edge to create a very steep slope.

Each item has a feature as well as the slanted roof angle. The rafters on a steeply sloped roof for instance will be much longer and have more end cuts than those on a flat roof. The lightweight steel sloped roof on this home is angled to make the most of winter sun that helps to. Photography by george oakley.

Parkcity design build designed this wood clad house in utah. Purchase your materials including prefabricated trusses plywood covering and roof tiles.