Before sketching out your design, assess the roof you're planning to use - it's important that the building is sturdy enough to hold the structure you build. If you have a sloping roof it's best ...

A shed roof is a single-pitch roof that slopes in one direction. Shed roofs work well with modern and minimalist architectural styles. Factors affecting the cost include the size, insulation and ...

A hip roof is a roof style consisting of four sloped sides meeting at a common peak. In comparison, a gable roof features ...

A basic gable roof may only have two gable faces and two sloping roof sides, but more complex structures may have ...

Estimating the size of your roof can be a headache if you don’t have the original blueprints. The slope and shape of your roof—hipped, gabled or flat, for example—dictate the number of ...

For a warm loft, you install insulation directly under the roof in the plane of the roof's pitch (slope). Insulation will reduce heat loss and your loft space won't become excessively hot in summer or ...

Michelle Mastro is a contributing writer for USA TODAY Homefront. Her work has appeared in outlets such as Architectural Digest, Dwell, Atomic Ranch, and Midwest Living. She has covered homes and ...

The table will assume that the material is aluminum and has a standard pitch of 6:12. A roof’s slope or pitch directly affects the cost of metal roof installation. It does this in two ways ...

The slippery slope argument views decisions not on their own, but as the potential beginning of a trend. In general form, this argument says that if we allow something relatively harmless today ...

Because a large number of merchants lived by the canals in the 17th century and water symbolizes wealth in Chinese culture, houses were often built with patios that had sloping roofs to collect ...

In an interview with ABC News, Cheatle said: “That building in particular has a sloped roof at its highest point. And so, you know, there's a safety factor that would be considered there that we ...

[Photo by Bai Ying/For China Daily] Unlike many ancient buildings in other areas, the traditional residences in Pingyao have taller outer walls and one-sided sloping roofs that tilt toward the yards.