Pitched Roof Side Elevation

The side view of the front and back porches helps homeowners and contractors visualize porch size in relation to the home.

Pitched roof side elevation.

This symbol displays two numbers a rise and a run. Side elevations are useful for showing windows and other home features and they also show the home s depth. Holly smith architects designed this louisiana home. Photography by marc lamkin.

The picture below shows the pitch of a 7 12 roof slope meaning that for 12 of horizontal measurement roof run the vertical measurement roof rise is 7. To do this you need to know the slope of the roof. Their attractiveness traces to the desire to make a two story building function as a one story building to reduce the tax bill. Measure the horizontal distance from one of the side walls of the house in this elevation view to where the peak of the roof will be.

The framers finished the roof last week and the roofers started putting shingles on this week. The slope of the roof on this modern pond side house allows the solar panels to take in as much energy as possible and lets rain water fall back into the pond to help with drainage around the house. A pitched extension of a main roof similar to a lean to but an extension of the upper roof. What this means is for every 12 of rise there is 12 of run.

The roof pitch of a house tells the builder how steep the roof is. The basic explanation is that most roofs have a slope and the degree of steepness associated with the slope is called pitch. We are currently building a house and our main roof has a pitch of 8 12 and our garage has a 10 12 pitch. Just my opinion but the 8 12 pitch looks better in my eyes but there is nothing wrong with the 6 12 pitch either.

First read the section above on roof pitch then calculate the height of top most point of your roof above the current floor in the following way. A gable roof with one side longer than the other and thus closer to the ground unless the pitch on one side is altered. 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. C any window inserted on a wall or roof slope forming a side elevation of the dwellinghouse shall be i obscure glazed and ii non opening unless the parts of the window which can be opened are more than 1 7 metres above the floor of the room in which the window is installed windows for a loft extension on a side elevation of a house.

This measurement is best done on a bare roof because curled up roofing shingles will impair your measurement. We ll now enlighten you on a roof s pitch the 4 very basic shapes and some of the many details that go into roof design. Roof pitch is also indicated in side elevations.