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Extension roof options

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AalyaSecura · 01/11/2015 10:37

Hi, we are planning a single storey rear extension on our 50's house, and are struggling to settle on a roof style. The extension will come out about 4m and we have fairly low first floor windows (half into eaves), so have ruled out a standard pitched roof. We had assumed this meant a flat roof, but architectural drawing person is suggesting a concealed flat roof - half pitched half flat, with roof lights in the flat bit. Our likely builder didn't seem convinced, but he does favour straightforward over fiddly-but-looks-better given the choice! Are these really awkward to build? Better than a normal flat roof? I've been thinking about this for too long and lost all objectivity. This pic from Google gives an idea of what I mean.

Extension roof options
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MaliceInWonderland78 · 02/11/2015 14:05

We had a similar issue. Because we wanted a roof lantern in the kitchen, we had to go with a flat roof (even though it looked awful from the outside). In the end we had a parapet wall with cast stone detail, which (in our opinion) lookks better as it's a bit more interesting and you don't have the ugly facsia boards associated with flat roofs (rooves?!?!?)

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