Shed Roofs

[Skyedriver]

So on a 10x8, 8x6 or 7x5 shed which roof is best, a pitch or pent roof?

[mrmaggit]

What is a "pent" roof?

[cjs]

A pitched roof will give a bit more headroom, I also think they look better, although the relevance of this depends on where it is situated I suppose.

[cjs]

mrmaggit said:

What is a "pent" roof?

It's a flat, sloped roof.

[mrmaggit]

cjs said:

It's a flat, sloped roof.

Ah. Thank you. We'd just call it a sloping mono pitch roof round here. Your name is much shorter.

[Simpo Two]

As in 'pent-up' - somebody trapped in a shed.

[mrmaggit]

Simpo Two said:

As in 'pent-up' - somebody trapped in a shed.

Wouldn't that swell the sides first?

[Gaspode]

It rather depends what you're going to be doing in the shed. A Pent roof allows a bigger glass area on the taller of the two walls, which can be handy if you wanted to work by natural light at a bench by the window - using it as a potting shed, for example.

If you want benches either side, then you'll be standing in the middle, so a normal roof would probably be better. If it's just for storage, then a shed with no windows might be best for security.

[Simpo Two]

I think a pitched roof makes it look more like a proper building, whereas a pent shed looks like a giant rabbit hutch...

[Gaspode]

Perhaps the OP wants to keep these http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flemish_Giant?

[FlossyThePig]

Get your neighbours talking and test your carpentry skill by making the roof a hyperbolic parabaloid!

[Simpo Two]

FlossyThePig said:

Get your neighbours talking and test your carpentry skill by making the roof a hyperbolic parabaloid!

I fear that may be a contradiction in terms. But you could try a dodecahedron (from the Dodecanese Islands)

[CedGTV]

How about this for a complex roof

[NiceCupOfTea]

Skyedriver said:

So on a 10x8, 8x6 or 7x5 shed which roof is best, a pitch or pent roof?

Now, you see, I like a pitch roof, but I also like a pent roof - but which one is better?

[Flintstone]

Which reminds me, I must replace the covering on mine. The felt's leaking like an incontinent aunty's knickers so I'd better get on to it. I had a link to a company selling some kind of sheeting and resin which hopefully lasts longer than felt but lost it. Off to Google.....

[Simpo Two]

Quite silly that standard roofing felt only lasts 3 years.

Anyone tried a pond liner?

[FlossyThePig]

Simpo Two said:

FlossyThePig said:

Get your neighbours talking and test your carpentry skill by making the roof a hyperbolic paraboloid!

I fear that may be a contradiction in terms. But you could try a dodecahedron (from the Dodecanese Islands)

By the same architect, this church was across the road from the library I used to use when I was at school.

Edited by FlossyThePig on Wednesday 16th February 13:20

[Simpo Two]

Hmm. The website does indeed say 'Hyperbolic paraboloid essentially means doubly curved, so that from one direction, the roof curves downwards to the ground at opposite points, and from the other direction it curves upwards to the sky at either end.'

But a hyperbola and a parabola are two mathematically determined (and different) curves. Do you think the architect is just throwing in long words to make it look good?

[andy43]

FlossyThePig said:

Simpo Two said:

FlossyThePig said:

Get your neighbours talking and test your carpentry skill by making the roof a hyperbolic paraboloid!

I fear that may be a contradiction in terms. But you could try a dodecahedron (from the Dodecanese Islands)

By the same architect, this church was across the road from the library I used to use when I was at school.

Edited by FlossyThePig on Wednesday 16th February 13:20

Would that be the Church of The Eternal Olympic Breakfast by any chance?

[Simpo Two]

Actually 'Giant Pringle Roof' would be more descriptive