Pent roofs are very much like an awning for lower floors designed to keep precipitation at that level away from the house.
Long slanted roof style house.
A pent roof can refer to any roof type that is below and detached from the top roof.
The sloped roofs on this modern house coupled with the wood paneling gives the house a very modern look.
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Amit apel design inc designed this family homein los angeles california.
Modern roofs take advantage of the flexibility of metal materials creating one large curved structure.
One of the cons includes rooms on the backside of the house having slanted ceilings limiting tall people to use essentially half the house.
A shed roof is a single plane pitched in only one direction.
Originally appearing in the 1960s and 1970s shed house plans are enjoying renewed popularity as their roof surfaces provide ideal surfaces for mounting solar panels.
Curved roofs do help to reduce resistance to wind but are mainly chosen due to the stunning aesthetic look they can add to a building.
A subset of modern contemporary design shed house plans feature one or more shed roofs giving an overall impression of asymmetry.
Previously with saw tooth design under mono pitch style we saw detached roof slopes that were lower than the highest roof.
The long protrusion of the rear roof portion extending almost to the ground makes it great for rainwater to disperse from.