Was wondering if anyone could help settle an argument. Attached is a photo of an old garage. Question is: What style would this garage (specifically roof) be called?
Thanks.
Was wondering if anyone could help settle an argument. Attached is a photo of an old garage. Question is: What style would this garage (specifically roof) be called?
Thanks.
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I'd call it a mansard roof.
I'd basically call it a shed roof.
I think the word you're looking for is "comical".
It's a gable roof............
must have used very different tape measures. Shed roof consists of one slope, mansard is a combination of hips with different pitches.
Well, you could say it's a shed with an awning. Or that it's plug-ugly.
I still say it's a shed roof, because the roof over the entire garage structure is a shed roof. The front section is an overhanging steep shed roof also, but is so steep that it probably wouldn't qualify as a normal shed roof, it's really an awning. So maybe it could be considered a complex shed roof.
I wouldn't call it ugly, I kind of like it.
It is a style that you see often in row garages at apartment buildings or self-serve storage places. Doesn't look so odd when there are rows of them, vs just the one stand-alone unit.
Not a particularly dumb design, structurally. The most common failure you see in old garages is rafter spread due to lack of good rafter ties. This design (presumably) allows short (and relatively lightweight) rafters parallel to the front, supported on the side walls. Probably one of the simplest, cheapest designs one could have, other than the problems with the low-pitch roof.
Virtually all of the rain drains to the back, which is good in some cases, not so much in others.
But I still say the thing's uglier than sin.
Well, you could call it a saltbox, but if so it's an extreme example of that.
Can't quote a style, but that kind of roofline is used a lot on loafing sheds for horses -- at least around here.
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Yeah, there are a couple on this page: http://loafingshedplans.com/default.aspx
I notice in their commentary page (http://loafingshedplans.com/Sheds.aspx ) they mention "saltbox" as (presumably) the style with the front awning.