A salt box house defining feature is its roof.
Saltbox shed with different height roof.
Saltbox roofs can be made from most building materials.
A skillion lean to or shed roof has a single slope which means one wall is taller than the opposite wall.
If you have already built the frame of the saltbox shed we recommend you to continue the job by building the roof.
One thing you never want to do when designing your roof is build one with a pitch lower than 3 12.
Guide to building and framing a saltbox style roof.
If you aren t sure about the shape of the roof you should take a look at the rest of the shed projects as you might find a gable or a barn shape more appealing or easy to build.
The ridge is off center and closer to the taller wall.
Practical and easy to build a saltbox provides plenty of room on a small footprint.
Three important considerations for building a shed roof roof pitch.
We might call it the saltbox but there s no doubt this style is just perfect.
Our shed plan adaptation of this classic american colonial architectural style that originated in new england has a front roof with a 12 12 pitch and the rear roof has a lower slope of 5 12.
Joining different roofs always adds valleys and ridges.
The lower pitched roof line on the back of the salt box allows you to have the look of a salt box shed without the need to build a two story shed.
These are the weakest areas of the roof where water can pool and.
Rafters are angle cut to meet at a ridge board and birdsmouth notched where they intersect with the support walls.
This means that for every horizontal run of 12 you need at least 3 of rise.
This shed can be finished in many ways and looks spectacular in board and batten siding.
Skillion is also referred to as a shed roof or lean to.
It is a single sloping roof usually attached to a taller wall.
The classic saltbox sheds are wood sheds that are perfect for general storage or a variety of other purposes.
A saltbox shed is defined by its long sloping roof on the back and shorter sloped roof on the front.
A saltbox style with its long rear slope on the roof is one of the most popular styles for storage sheds.
It is available in 17 different sizes.
A gable or gambrel roof usually means the walls are all the same height.
To calculate a saltbox roof select saltbox from the roof type dropdown list or select the corresponding button on the toolbar.
The saltbox shed roof is constructed similar to the gable roof except one roof slope is longer than the other because the support walls are different heights.
A saltbox roof is similar to a gable roof but has different slopes and or spans for the front and rear sides of the roof.
This will result in one wall being higher than the other.
So the roof and shed style impact the shed wall height as well as attic or loft storage space.
Salt box roofs feel like a painted gable style roof with two sides of a central ridge sloping outwards.
