House With Multiple Roof Pitches

Need help with mixed roof pitches on front of house.

House with multiple roof pitches.

Our architect who has left our newly designed house with a bevy of problems designed our house with two 6 12 gables above the garage and laundry room and one 10 12 gable above the entry way. Deforest architects deigned this lake house in washington. The porch should appear to be part of the structure not an addition. Buildings with multiple roof pitches do not appear cohesive.

To see how pitch impacts the look of a garage and changes cost click the design center button on our pole barn kits page. See more ideas about roof pitched roof roofing. Where the porch roof extended over the shed roof we installed a 2x6 ridge that ran from the top of the. Place the 2 by 4 inch piece of lumber along the center of the flashing.

Position the flashing between the two roof pitches. Slide the right edge of the flashing under the highest roof pitch. It may consist of a flat roof on top but the main design element is the multi pitch sloped in what is essentially a hip roof on top of another hip frame. Have your architect draw the side elevation at 8 12 10 12 and 12 12 pitch and then compare the sketch to the actual house select the one that looks the best.

The covered porch roof pitch should match the existing house. Joining two roofs of different pitches blind valleys simplify framing. Roof pitch refers to the amount of rise a roof has compared to the horizontal measurement of the roof called the run. Since you can t measure the house in the photo then i would suggest that you do several drawings of your proposed house with several different roof pitches.

Aesthete7 history contact. Apr 27 2014 explore tricia willis s board different roof pitches followed by 225 people on pinterest. Photography by benjamin benschneider. This modern lake house has multiple sloped roofs to allow the rain and snow slide off.