Hello,
This year, I plan to build a bungalow on my plot with my construction company. A shed roof is basically a flat roof but slightly angled to allow better water drainage. In the past, flat roofs often had problems with leaks after a few years.
How is the modern construction method for a shed roof compared to a hip roof? Is a hip roof always more reliable than a shed roof in terms of leak prevention after 20 or 30 years? Or have shed roofs become watertight enough nowadays that, if built properly, there are no longer any disadvantages compared to hip roofs?
Good luck
This year, I plan to build a bungalow on my plot with my construction company. A shed roof is basically a flat roof but slightly angled to allow better water drainage. In the past, flat roofs often had problems with leaks after a few years.
How is the modern construction method for a shed roof compared to a hip roof? Is a hip roof always more reliable than a shed roof in terms of leak prevention after 20 or 30 years? Or have shed roofs become watertight enough nowadays that, if built properly, there are no longer any disadvantages compared to hip roofs?
Good luck
chris909 schrieb:
So your comparison is offNope ...This is a shed roof with roof tiles and a slope between 11° and 60°. Do you want me to find a hip roof with 8° slope as well?
Voilà...
To get back to the comparison, you’re saying the blue Porsche is faster than the red Dacia. True. But there are also red Porsches.
Anyway, I’m giving up on this discussion. Anything over 22° slope is fine, whether it’s a shed roof, gable roof, hip roof, half-hip roof, or any other type.
chris909 schrieb:
So, in the two photos posted, the shed roof has a pitch of about 8%, and the hip roof about 20%, with roof tiles, which a shed roof does not have.
So your comparison is off. ?.. he’s not really making a comparison. He’s right: it depends on the pitch.
Your photos don’t really matter, since you just pulled them out as examples.
These are two completely different types of houses.
chris909 schrieb:
And over the years, they didn’t yet have a leaking flat roof. But do you trust every construction company with what they tell you? But flat roofs don’t apply to you, right? So you don’t need to ask yourself that question.
And yes, of course I trust a professional. After all, they are building my house for a large amount of money. They were carefully chosen—we have a contract.
RomeoZwo schrieb:
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This is a shed roof with roof tiles and a pitch between 11° and 60°. Want me to find a hip roof with 8° for you?
Here you go...
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To come back to the comparison: you say the blue Porsche is faster than the red Dacia. That’s true. But there are also red Porsches.
I’m giving up on this debate now. Everything over 22° pitch is fine. Whether it’s shed, gable, hip, half-hip roof, or any other type.In this case, you are of course completely right, I admit that and am willing to be corrected.
However, my pictures from post #9 are not sample images from a Google image search, but exactly the two house types that I can choose from at a fixed price. These types of houses are not individually customized for me, which is fine with me.
Of course, I could commission an architect to design everything completely differently, but then it would exceed my budget planning.
chris909 schrieb:
Only my pictures from post #9 are not sample images from Google image search, but exactly the two house types I can choose from at a fixed price. These types of houses are not customized for me, which is fine with me.I hope you don’t choose your wife the same way: “Which hairstyle should I pick? Short hair means more frequent trips to the hairdresser... The inner qualities don’t have to match mine...”To address your examples, you mentioned that the shed roof in this case has no tiles. What type of roofing material is used then? Aluminum? Bitumen? The kind of roof covering might have a greater impact on durability than the pitch or roof shape. Personally, I would find a metal roof too noisy in the rain. With bitumen (even at an 8° (14°F) pitch), I would be concerned about durability and wouldn’t find it very attractive. If a hip roof is too traditional, how about a gable roof with a fire wall? In my opinion, it looks modern and not so “conventional”… (I’m writing this while under a very conventional hip roof with a 23° (41°F) pitch).
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pagoni202020 Apr 2021 22:42chris909 schrieb:
And over the years, they still haven’t had a leaking flat roof. But do you trust every construction company with what they tell you? You’re not supposed to trust just any construction company, only your chosen one.
Why would they offer you something they know is prone to problems?
chris909 schrieb:
Apart from it subjectively looking more modern If you like it, go for it… or build a hip roof out of mistrust and then watch enviously at your neighbor’s shed roof while rain drips through your stylish—BUT SAFE—hip roof 😀
chris909 schrieb:
This type of house is not individually tailored to me, which is fine for me. You’ll live in a house more tailored to others, but worry about the shape of the roof? Think a lot about possible adaptations of the floor plan and then throw the roof shape in randomly or build a barrel roof 😀
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