Projects of cottages with a gable roof
A gable roof is very practical and beneficial. It consists of two inclined slopes, is reliable and easy to operate and maintain. There are several types:
- symmetrical: with slopes of equal area and angle of inclination;
- attic: with symmetrical slopes and the possibility of using the internal space;
- asymmetrical: different angles of inclination and areas of slopes give greater expressiveness to the building and increase the attic space.
This type of roof allows you to solve a number of issues and make your home more reliable and attractive.
Advantages of a gable roof:
- simplicity of planning;
- effective protection from precipitation;
- high resistance to wind loads;
- attractive appearance and compliance with the chosen style;
- the ability to profitably exploit the attic space by arranging an attic, garage, library, utility room;
- economical construction.
A gable roof goes well with any rectangular-shaped building. Even a complex building design allows you to use one of the shapes of this type of roof, for example, a sloping roof, and create an attractive architectural project.
Examples of red roofs
The coziness and comfort of living in a private house is largely determined by the selection of colors. For many, a red roof is associated with reliability and homely warmth. Despite the fact that red roofing is universal, you should adhere to the general style of the house. Red color is perfect for projects in classic, ethnic and modern styles. The rich red shade will look spectacular against the backdrop of the surrounding forest landscape.
Be sure to combine the color of the roof with the color of the walls. Red color harmonizes with pale shades of yellow, peach or milky. Combines with white brick walls.
What materials should be chosen for the construction of a red roof:
- 1. Roof tiles. Red natural, cement-sand, bitumen, metal tiles,
- 2. Corrugated sheeting. It differs from metal tiles in the profile shape.
- 3. Flat sheets of steel. Metal roofing requires additional treatment, in particular coating with red paint.
- 4. Ondulin. The Ondulin company offers a wide range of roofing materials in this color.
The choice of coverage is determined by the individual preferences of the cottage owner, his financial readiness and the general appearance of the house.
Cottage designs with skylight
A roof window performs several functions:
- ventilation;
- lighting;
- increase in usable space;
- the ability to access the roof for repairs or other needs;
- attractive original design.
Windows in the roof are equally necessary in residential and commercial premises.
Modern architecture distinguishes several types of roof windows:
- pediment: located in the end wall of the building, they come in various geometric shapes, decorate its facade;
- dormer, or “cuckoo”: extends beyond the structure, increases the internal volume of the attic space, looks impressive in the overall design of the house, fits well into any configuration of the house;
- antidormer: differs from dormer in that it enters the plane of the slope, as if recessed in it. The externally interesting design is very difficult to implement, it requires additional waterproofing, and it also takes up part of the space under the roof of the house;
- attic window: erected at a certain angle, flush with the surface of the slope, provides additional illumination of the attic, a simple and cost-effective solution;
- skylight: built into a straight roof, allowing sunlight to enter the room. It can also be used to ventilate a room if the design includes opening doors.
Dormers are the most common due to their functionality, attractiveness and simplicity. According to their design, they are single-pitch, gable, triangular, hip, flat, arched, “bat”. The photos below will help you understand their features.
A roof window, which is installed in the plane of the slope, at an angle, must withstand the same loads as the roofing material. Such structures allow more light to pass through than dormer window openings. A large attic window can be transformed into a door, opening onto a balcony.
The type of window depends on various factors:
- for a non-residential attic, you can choose a gable option, which will only provide ventilation and will be the most favorable in price;
- to give the building originality, dormers are used, which are attractive and increase the space of the attic;
- Sloping windows are suitable for attics.
A laconic flat roof has become an invariable element of the architecture of private houses in the Art Nouveau, high-tech, minimalism and constructivist styles. We have made for you a selection of photos of beautiful houses with flat roofs in a modern style, as well as photos with ideas for arranging used roofs.
Advantages of houses with flat roofs
Although in our age of innovation our citizens are already with great pleasure choosing the most interesting of all flat roof house projects for construction, many questions still arise about the benefits of such a choice.
The most important thing is that flat roofs almost never get wet, and this primarily affects the durability of the entire home. The design on the horizontal plane of the roof, as a rule, does not force the owners to service it every year. Subject to compliance with the technology, the necessary sequence during construction work on the construction of the building, as well as the correct organization of drainage for rain and melt water, the residents of their home are guaranteed an extremely long service life.
On a note! To be fair, the advantages of such dwellings were mastered by residents of the Baltic states back in the USSR; in Estonia, every third country house has a flat roof.
It happens that the area around the house is negligibly small, in which case you have to constantly save space, which is not very happy. In this case, the possibility of practical use of a flat roof completely saves the situation. Not only green spaces and a recreation area, but even a small greenhouse are successfully placed on the roof.
If the house is small, for example, on one floor, then the flat roof can sometimes be strengthened so reliably that they even put fully-fledged furniture there.
A flat roof is good for its simplicity of design and short installation time. Because of this, the construction time for the entire house as a whole is reduced, and there is no longer any need to construct a complex rafter system. The flat roof layers rest on concrete slabs, which in turn rest on wall panels.
Installation of the entire roof surface is done only in one plane, without installing scaffolding and the inevitable insurance. This circumstance will not only save your time, but also finances and resources.
Advice! If you want the appearance of your house, cottage, estate to be favorably distinguished by modern style, conciseness, harmony and at the same time be distinguished by the efficient use of space, do not doubt the choice, a project with a flat roof is what you need.
One-story houses
Country houses with a flat roof in a modern style are compact one-story or two-story cottages of a geometric shape with a large mass of glazing. Typical materials used for such buildings are concrete, metal and wood.
The beautiful country house in the photo is an absolutely non-trivial version of architecture, created on the basis of strict rectangular and dynamic diamond-shaped forms cast from monolithic concrete.
The front chimney, lined with wild stones, fills the design of the modern country house in the photo with a pleasant flavor. This finishing with natural materials contrasts with the laconic architecture and man-made wall cladding made of corrugated sheets and adds a share of provincial charm to the surroundings of the building.
In the design of this private cottage with a flat roof, the chimney chimney also serves as an accent, but here the contrast is created by combining two opposites: the rapid dynamics of the chimney and the airy glazing of the facades.
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What are the benefits of this roof design?
If we talk only about a private house, then they lie in the following points:
This roofing option will take up a smaller area compared to the most gently sloping modifications. This will help save on the amount of materials.
The process of its construction is noticeably faster than the installation of a gable or hip version. Due to this feature, creating modern houses with a flat roof is noticeably more profitable.
Ensures comfort and safety in performing the necessary rafter work processes. It is quite spacious and difficult to fall off.
It differs from the gable structure in that there is no need to carry out dismantling work from the outdated covering. It can be used as additional waterproofing or protection. This will help save energy and time.
Its surface is suitable for use as an additional area for organizing a flower garden, a cozy terrace, or a greenhouse.
You can mount various transparent elements that help organize a beautiful view of the open starry sky at night or clouds with the sun during the day. And a charming view opens up to admire the rain or a strong storm - there are fans of this state of nature.
Helps to adjust the house to the basics of the minimalist style. He has now gained significant popularity.
Two-story houses
The private house in the photo is a vivid example of a non-standard approach to suburban construction. Contrary to the usual scheme, when the second floor is located above the first, the creators of the project turned the upper level of the building perpendicular to the lower one. As a result, the house took the shape of a cross.
In the country cottage project in the photo, the second floor is, as it were, “embedded” into the lower level and forms a kind of canopy over the entrance group of the house.
An architectural trend that is gaining more and more momentum every year is the cladding of country house facades in black. In tandem with a flat roof, such dark walls give the building a strict but stylish look. Notes of warmth are introduced into the design of the building by the fragmentary finishing of wood in a yellowish-brown shade.
In the decoration of private cottages in the Art Nouveau style, metal, glass and unplastered concrete can coexist with wooden cladding of facades made of exotic species.
The photo of a private two-story house with a terrace shows a unique duet of golden-honey wood and aged metal with artificial rusting. An interesting finishing detail is the presence of a stone plinth in the building of ultra-modern architecture with a flat roof.
A tandem of black metal structures and variegated wood paneling formed the basis for the exterior design of a two-story house with a garage.
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Square houses
The architectural style of the square house with a flat roof in the photo combines features of urban chic and country style. Despite the geometric shapes, this cottage, built in Russia, looks cozy thanks to the original wooden paneling, traditional for country-style estates.
One of the characteristic features of private construction in a modern manner is the combination of several cubic volumes of different sizes. In order for such restrained architecture to gain expressiveness, contrasting color combinations are used in the decoration of facades.
The color of a country cottage can be given not only by interesting color combinations of finishing coatings, but also by original combinations of textures, as in the photo of a square house in gray and black tones. Here the facades are lined with painted metal, textured stone and smooth plaster, and although the coatings have a similar color, due to the different texture of the materials, the walls of the house look very unusual.
Looking at this white house in the form of a cluster of cubic volumes, you catch yourself thinking that the beauty of 21st century architecture lies in the simplicity and purity of forms.
Despite the simplicity of the cubic shape, the modern cottage in the photo does not look boring. The wow effect was achieved thanks to the combination of facade finishing made of white decorative stone and dark profiled metal. An accent element of the house's exterior is a porch with a vestibule painted red.
In the design of a one-story cottage with a flat roof, the rebated metal elements on the facade effectively protrude beyond the walls, which gives the building an industrial look.
The square house with a flat roof in the photo is a classic example of a high-tech cottage with concrete walls, a steel frame and panoramic glazing.
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House with a flat roof in hi-tech style (Hi-Tech)
Modern cottages do not even remotely resemble the village wooden houses familiar to everyone from early childhood, in which our grandmothers live. It would seem that a chaotic pile of squares, rectangles and other structures is not interesting, but it is precisely these forms that, in a decent house design, turn into an elegant and comfortable building in which any family feels great.
- A house with a flat roof in the high-tech style is always unusual; it is not only profitable due to its energy efficiency, but also good in appearance, comfortable inside and cozy in its own way. Representatives of the younger generation, very often, when choosing a style and design, prefer high-tech, its strict form, the maximum amount of glass in combination with metal.
They definitely mean a flat roof, on which are displayed technical innovations, reminiscent of the scenery for the best fantastic masterpieces of cinema.
The flat roofs of a high-tech house are always special, in combination with glass staircases, panoramic windows, and discreet coloring of the facade, its technological innovations look incomparable. In principle, the style is traditionally focused on ostentatious demonstration of the latest technology, which is why the latest model of simulators, any equipment that is installed directly on the roof, is more than appropriate.
However, the most interesting thing is that the equipment can stand next to a group of green plants, sun loungers and small tables with small flowerpots, a small lawn. A fountain is more than appropriate in this case; there is no need to say that it should not look like a work of art from the Renaissance. In a modern house with a flat roof, everything should be modern, because this is the style of tomorrow.
There is another interesting option that is appropriate when constructing a flat roof in a high-tech style house - this is a glass roof. Just yesterday it was still believed that glass is a more than unreliable material, because it cannot withstand the adverse effects of various natural disasters.
The phrase “glass roof” was perceived as a joke, but today new innovative materials of very high quality have appeared, this circumstance allows the entire structure to be safe during operation, durable and reliable.
All glass roofs are highly impermeable, but will allow natural light to pass through the glass, significantly reducing electricity costs. By the way, remember that a lot of light is a feature of high-tech. A flat roof in a high-tech house made from this material represents the latest trend of the new season. You can glaze the entire roof, especially if the house is one-story and small, or you can limit it to only a small segment.
Green roof
A flat green roof is an additional area to add to your plot of land, where you can grow ornamental or cultural plants and spend time admiring nature.
If your plot of land is located on a relief, and you like a little brutal architecture, take a closer look at this black house in the photo. His project involves constructing a building on stilts, covering the façade with corrugated sheets and arranging a flat roof with a green lawn.
Unlike pitched roofs, you can get a lot of benefits from a flat roof. Green plantings as roofing will additionally insulate the house, purify the air and decorate the landscape of your suburban area.
Garden flowers and decorative grasses on the roof can soften the urban severity of a house built in the style of high-tech or constructivism.
The simplest option for arranging a green roof is to lay out a grass lawn, which will look impressive in combination with a complex layout of the house, including several residential volumes and a patio area under a canopy.
Operable terrace roof
A flat roof that is in use is good because you can not only have a good time on it, rest and relax on a soft sofa or armchair, but also integrate a glass shade into the ceiling to illuminate the lower floor. To protect from wind and prying eyes, it is advisable to install wooden screens on such a roof, and to decorate the space, use ornamental plants in tubs.
A pergola is a good option for a gazebo-like structure to protect a seating area on a flat roof from the sun.
To equip a flat roof, a combined covering is often used: a terrace board in combination with a grass lawn.
Depending on the load-bearing capacity of the house, it is possible to design a swimming pool on a flat roof that would occupy a significant area of land, being traditionally placed near the house.
If your plot of land is small in area and does not allow you to arrange a swimming pool area near your house, you will be able to sunbathe on a flat roof, and it will be convenient for you to rinse off under a summer shower.
A flat roof with a terrace is a great place to spend time with family and friends, especially if the recreation area with a dining group is supplemented with a summer kitchen with a barbecue, grill or fireplace.
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We hope that the proposed cottage designs will tell you which solution will be optimal for your home and make it cozy, comfortable and attractive.
Pros and cons of a flat roof
It is worth noting from the very beginning that a flat roof for a private house is not a perfectly horizontal surface. It also has a slope, only a small one (from 1 to 5 degrees). The following main advantages of the roof can be identified:
- the ceiling of the upper floor will serve as a supporting structure for the roof;
- the same height of the space under the roof will allow it to be used as a full-fledged room;
- gives the house an original look;
- the possibility of using the roof surface (for example, you can arrange a summer playground there);
- simplifies repair work and makes it safer.
The disadvantages include:
- strict requirements for the waterproofing layer of the roofing pie;
- the need to install an internal drain;
- high degree of snow load.
From the above it follows that a flat roof is a good solution, provided that all roofing work is carried out with high quality and the requirements are taken into account.
