How To Roof A Shed This Old House

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How to roof a shed this old house.

For a green roof installation that pitch should be at least inch per foot of run. Even a flat roof should have some pitch so that it sheds water toward gutters. This quaint little shed is more than just a place to store your gardening gear. However architects have recognized the potential of this form of design and now the shed roof is becoming a common feature among modern homes.

Yet for historic modern style buildings like this old house s cambridge tv project flat roofs are at the core of the architecture meant to reflect the broad horizontal lines of the natural landscape. An old trowel serves as the door handle. Flat roofs aren t architecturally logical as rain and snow will shed much more quickly off a sloped roof. The wood siding and metal roof on this scratch built shed once covered an old barn and the windows and door were found at a habitat for humanity restore.

Skylights affixed on the roof allow extra warmth and light inside creating a greenhouse like effect that lets you extend your gardening season. Before the plants go up a structural engineer should check to ensure that the roof can support the weight of the engineered growing medium and plants.