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  2. List of roof shapes - Wikipedia

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    Roof terrace (including roof garden) Single-pitched roof. Shed roof (lean-to, pent roof, [2] skirt roof, outshot, skillion, mono-roof [3]): A roof with one slope, historically attached to a taller wall. Saw-tooth: Multiple single-pitched roofs arrayed in a row, sometimes seen on factories. [4] Multi-pitched roof:

  3. Shed roof - Wikipedia

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    A single-pitched roof can be a smaller addition to an existing roof, known in some areas as a lean-to roof, and a "outshot", "catslide", or skillion roof in others. Some Saltbox homes were expanded by the addition of such a roof, often at a shallower pitch than the original roof. Single-pitched roofs are used beneath clerestory windows.

  4. Roof pitch - Wikipedia

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    Display of roof pitches 1:12 through 18:12 A roof made of thatch, one of the oldest roofing materials, needs a steep pitch to drain properly Some types of stone roof have a very restrictive roof pitch, which can lead to leaking Working on roofs with pitches too steep for safety requires a staging of scaffolding boards secured with roof brackets A pitch gauge measuring the slope of an asphalt ...

  5. Lean-to - Wikipedia

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    These structures characteristically have shed roofs, also referred to as "skillions", or "outshots" and "catslides" when the shed's roof is a direct extension of a larger structure's. A lean-to shelter is a simplified free-standing version of a wilderness hut with three solid walls and a single- or, in the case of an Adirondack lean-to , offset ...

  6. List of commercially available roofing materials - Wikipedia

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    Widely used for low cost and durability. Sheds are normally roofed with this material. Gal iron or Corro was the most extensively used roofing material of 20th century Australia, now replaced in popularity by steel with longer-lasting, coloured, alloy coatings. Copper roofs can last for hundreds of years. Copper roofing offers durability, ease ...

  7. Shed style - Wikipedia

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    The Vanna Venturi House, one of the influences of the shed style (note the two shed roofs, rather than a single gable). Shed style refers to a style of architecture that makes use of single-sloped roofs (commonly called "shed roofs"). The style originated from the designs of architects Charles Willard Moore and Robert Venturi in the 1960s. [1]

  8. Roof shingle - Wikipedia

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    Roof shingles, like other building materials on vernacular buildings, are typically of a material locally available. The type of shingle is taken into account before construction because the material affects the roof pitch and construction method: Some shingles can be installed on lath where others need solid sheathing (sheeting) on the roof deck.

  9. Flounder house - Wikipedia

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    A flounder house has a shed roof and lacks windows and doors on its tallest wall.. A flounder house is a term used in some areas to describe a type of house with a roof with a single slope, rather than the double slope of gabled roof. [1]