5 Types of Sloping Roofs That Hit the Right Pitch — houzz.com

5. Sawtooth roof. The name, obviously, refers to the fact that these roofs look like the teeth on a saw; they may have a single “tooth” or many “tooths.” Architects used sawtooth roofs in 19th-century factories before the days of electric lighting, when daylight needed to reach the deep, dark recesses of the buildings. A More: Design Workshop: The Shed Roof Pitched Roofs Make a Point in Modern and Contemporary Homes

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