Garden Building Roof Styles Available

Most of our buildings including Sheds, Garden rooms or Summer Houses are all made to order by the factory. Therefore here at Millers most buildings can be made to your design. For example we can move door or window positions, add double doors or add additional opening windows.

Here are the four most popular roof designs that our customers choose. Remember there are many other ways for your building to look by moving door and window positions.

1. 'Apex' Roof

This is still one of the most popular ways to have the building made. The Gable end is usually a smaller size than the length of the building i.e 6' x 8' and the door sits under this dual pitch also known as Apex on the 6' end. The windows are then placed along the long side under the eaves and the windows are usually only down one side and then you have the choice to move to either side to suit your garden.

'Apex' Roof Rushden Classic including 1 opener

'Apex Roof' Rushden Georgian Fixed Windows

'Apex Roof' Shedlands Dalby Apex

2. 'Pent Roof'

This is where the roof is flat and then made on a slope for the water to fall so the fall goes from the highest side to the lowest side of the building. This design is popular with gardeners to collect water as if you need to run a gutter at the back in the future, it is then one straight gutter. From the front you do not see any felt or the roof.

Pent Roof Rushden Classic

Rushden Pent Roof Georgian Fixed Windows

Pent Roof Balmoral Workshop with Upgraded Double Doors

3. 'Reverse Pent' Roof

This is where the High side is usually placed against a wall or fence and the customer does not want the water falling behind and for it to fall the other way. The windows are then made in the 'low side' and usually the door is placed at the end.

'Reverse Pent' Rushden Georgian Fixed windows

'Reverse Pent' Rushden Georgian 4' x 8' Show Model on our show site

4. Transverse 'Apex'

This is an Apex roof but the roof is made transversed so the gable end is on the longest side on the front. There are a few benefits to this roof style. You can place all the windows and doors on the longest side. The water then falls away from the doors to the sides and from the front you can not see the felt roof. Also the internal height on a transverse roof is usually a touch higher and is very popular on the traditional Summer House or Garden Rooms.

'Transverse Apex' Rushden Ashby Summer House

'Transverse Apex' Rushden Waendal Combi design

'Transverse Apex' Rushden Woodford Georgian Fixed Windows

'Transverse Apex' Cambridge Workshop with upgraded double Door option

I hope this helps with explaining the most popular different roof styles available.

There are many ways to set out your garden building. We have over 75 different buildings on our show site here in St. Albans at the moment and are open 7 days a week if you wish to view them.

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