There are numerous approaches to protect a roof line design contingent upon what the roof is doing underneath.
How to design a roof line.
Protection features in roof line design.
Other encircling systems incorporate timber surrounding and sips.
Just like clockwork this last friday martin holladay posted his weekly blog article under the by line of musings of an energy nerd on green building advisor while i generally am always looking forward to seeing what he has to say i was particularly looking forward to reading this one on martin s ten rules of roof design while he made quite a few good points no surprise and i learned a.
Try to keep all roof surface pitches the same.
Design the roof decide if you want gables hips a combination or something else follow specific rules for drawing the roof.
Roof design encircling regularly comprises of either an edge shaft and inclined rafters or pre assembled wood brackets.
Anything else often looks.
Anything else often looks funny.
Take care to make sure the secondary and tertiary volumes do not overwhelm the primary mass of the building.
Try to keep all roof surface pitches the same.