Ideal Shed Roof Angle

You can always purchase a handy roof pitch and angle finder device to determine the roof slope.

Ideal shed roof angle.

Pitch angle incline slope they all can be used to refer to the steepness of a roof. Shed roof a shed roof slopes in one direction only. An angle of 35 degrees at minimum level is compulsory for clay or slate to ensure perfect safety from water leakage. Whereas for arts and craft house you can exceed up to 51 degrees.

Acceptable flat roof coverings include tin roof sheets and pre fabricated plastic sheets. Use a pitch of more than ten degrees for more efficient rain protection. These are also the most common pitches for shed roofs. If you want to go below this limit then interlocking concrete tiles are the best option.

For georgian style homes the preferable pitch angle is 39 degrees. Much depends on what your intended use for the shed actually is. Any roof from 4 12 to 9 12 is considered an ordinary angle for a roof. In the case of a shed roof a layer of roofing felt usually offsets the porosity of the wood.

This image shows a relatively shallow roof pitch of 15 degrees. It looks like half a gable roof. The roof pitch is determined by the rise and run of the roof. 2 6 or greater planks span the distance between the high wall and the low wall often with an overhang.

Simply put roof pitch is the measurement of the angle or the steepness of your roof. A skillion or shed style roof shed has one wall higher than the opposite wall creating a single slope roof. Having a steeper pitched roof allows for more space in a shed loft. A roof with a slope of 10 degrees 2 12 or less is generally considered a flat roof.

If you are only trying to keep a wood pile dry or storing a few outdoor tools and light machinery out of the weather then you might consider a simple single pitch roof since most everything inside will be stored at ground level and pulled out from the outside of the shed. It is one of the easiest roofs to build and usually the least expensive. Easy rafters is designed to calculate shed roofs that are framed to a ledger board nailed against a vertical wall not freestanding shed roofs supported by walls at both ends. The loft space would be much larger with a roof pitch of 45 degrees.

Again the most important consideration is the weather.