Saltbox House Roof Pitch
Great for northern climates.
Saltbox house roof pitch. Rather of sloping to the same degree one side includes the entire route to the house s first floor. A salt box house defining feature is its roof. The definitive feature of a saltbox house is its roof. Saltbox houses are variations of early colonial and cape cod designs.
This roof style is suitable for a loft providing extra storage room. They look very similar to a simple shed roof in that it is a lean to and are also similar to a gable roof in that this style creates a gable. We might call it the saltbox but there s no doubt this style is just perfect. A salt box roof is asymmetrical in design with one side being more of slightly sloping flat roof and the other more of a lean to with gables at each end.
Saltbox a saltbox roof is a variation on a colonial or cape cod roofing design. A saltbox roof is a common roof type among older colonial style homes. The workhorse of colonial america the familiar saltbox is a building that features a long pitched roof on one side similar to the lid on a salt storage box. Saltbox roofs look like a patched gable style roof with two sides sloping outwards from a central ridge.
This design combines some of the benefits of gabled and flat roofs. While a gable roof has symmetrical roof fields and slopes a saltbox roof is asymmetrical. Building a building with a saltbox roof is a little more complicated than your traditional truss roof. Salt box roofs feel like a painted gable style roof with two sides of a central ridge sloping outwards.
To calculate a saltbox roof select saltbox from the roof type dropdown list or select the corresponding button on the toolbar. However instead of sloping to the. They re asymmetrical with one side resembling a flat roof with a slight slope and the other side more of an angled lean to. Their attractiveness traces to the desire to make a two story building function as a one story building to reduce the tax bill.
A saltbox has just one story in the back and two stories in the front. They arose from the need for more room. Optional upgrade from a 7 12 to a 10 12 roof pitch 40 angle similar to a cape cod style house. This will result in one wall being higher than the other.
10 12 not available on salt box style.