Saltbox roof

The Saltbox design has naturally fallen in and out of style throughout the years, though if you look close enough, you can see saltbox houses practically anywhere. Learn all about it here.

The superinsulated home that I designed and built for my family of three in Greenfield, Massachusetts has been comfortable for the entire year and serves as an example of successful design for our climate. We moved in to our new home in February 2012. Modest in size, our home measures 26 feet by 32 feet and has 1,500 square feet of living space, with two full floors plus a partial third floor tucked into the slopes of the cathedral ceiling. In order to decrease the overall volume while…

saltbox roof styles | The Traditional Salt Box Home

Stability can be a problem when the load-bearing partition is removed.

Can I attach the second floor joists to the long rafter on a saltbox garage? The front of the garage has two doors and the rear slopes down to a lower...

Solar Saltbox Farmhouse Elaborated saltbox diagram

Gable Roof 1) 2 sloping sides 2) Made differently for different climate conditions 3) Worst for hurricane regions Hip Roof 1) All sides slope down to the walls 2) Two triangular sides and two trapezoidal one 3) All sides have the same pitch(slope) Flat Roof 1) H orizontal or nearly horizontal 2) F lat roofs would use a tar and gravel based surface 3) N o attic space Shed Roof 1) A flat roof that slopes in one direction 2) M ay lean against another wall or building 3) Also known as lean- to…

What shape roof do you have? What style of roof do you want on your new house? These are some of the most common. A-Frame Roof, Butterfly Roof, Arched Roof, Domed Roof, Shed Roof, Bonnet Roof, Saltbox Roof, Monitor Roof, Gable Roof, Mansard Roof, Hip Roof, Gambrel Roof

It's quiet this week in the office. Almost all of the people in the shop are down in Connecticut raising some trusses for a church. So, while they are away I'm working on a Saltbox on an island in Canada. Even for being a smaller frame all of the walls have lots of glass so I'm sure that the views on site are incredible. Seismic loading is going to control the lateral design of this frame. So what is a saltbox house? Well, read this Historic House Blog to get more information. I f you want…