The pitched roof or sloping roof, is a roof with two slopes that down at an angle from a ridge at the sides of the house, although sometimes it only has a slope, where the ridge is on one of the edges and the slope down to the opposite.
A sloping roof is recognized in contrast to a flat roof, which would be any roof with a slope of less than 10 °.
Depending on the slope, the environmental conditions, the desired aesthetics, the architectural style and the number of sloping surfaces, the following types of sloping roof are counted.
- Mono-Pitch Roof
- Double-Pitch Roof
- Couple Roof
- Couple Close Roof
- Beam Roof Necklace
- Slant Roof
- Purlin Roof
- King Post Roof
They all share similarities and only some very specific differences. For example, the “slant roof” consists of two single-pitched roofs, one higher than the other; or the “purlin roof”, which is a gable roof so low in height that it can pass through a flat roof.