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What is a Catslide roof?

A catslide roof is a roof that continues down below the main eaves height and allows you to have a greater depth of building without increasing your ridge height.

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What are the 3 main types of roofs?

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Roof Ends – Gable

The term Gable end usually also includes the triangle of wall beneath the roof covering.

Roof Ends – Full Hip

A hip is where the end of the roof is sloped from the eaves level up to the ridge.

Roof Ends – Barn Hip

A barn hip can also be called a half hip, clipped gable or Dutch hip. This is where the top portion of the gable is replaced with a small hip.

Roof Ends – Gablet

A gablet, also called a Dutch gable, is where you have a hip end with a small gable at the top.

Catslides

A catslide roof is a roof that continues down below the main eaves height and allows you to have a greater depth of building without increasing your ridge height.

Dovecotes

Dovecotes come in two types, functional and non-functional. The only difference between the two is that the function one has internal partitions so that a dove will nest in one of the compartments. Doves will not nest in a non-functional as the wind will just blow right through. They are made of oak with a lead roof and have 4 openings on each side. Each opening has a small perch for a bird to land on. Each dovecote come with a saddle suitable for the roof it is going on that will need to be leaded, by your roofing contractor, to weather it to your roof covering.

Clock Tower

Our clock towers are much the same as the Dovecotes except all four sides are boarded and we supply one clock face to be fixed to one of the sides. The clock faces come in a choice of six colours Black, British Racing Green, Navy Blue, Light French Blue, Burgandy and White. You can have extra faces and electric operation at additional cost. You can also fit a weathervane if required as shown in photo.

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Can I build my own shed?

Yes, with the right plans you can build your dream shed.

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What is a parapet roof?

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parapet, a dwarf wall or heavy railing around the edge of a roof, balcony, terrace, or stairway designed either to prevent those behind it from falling over or to shelter them from attack from the outside. Thus, battlements are merely one form of defensive parapet arranged to allow those within to discharge missiles without exposing themselves. In many cases roof and terrace parapets are only continuations of the wall below, but in some instances they are projected forward beyond the face of the wall and carried upon brackets or a molded cornice. Parapets, during the Roman era, were often formed of large slabs of marble pierced with holes, forming a pattern of squares and diagonals; an example still exists in the ruins of the palace of Tiberius on the Palatine Hill in Rome. Parapets with fish-scale patterns were also used and are indicated in extant wall paintings in Pompeii. English late Gothic parapets frequently adopted the battlement form. During the Renaissance the use of the balustrade largely superseded the parapet, but in northern Europe the transitional early Renaissance styles offer many examples of fantastically scrolled and pierced parapets.