Flat Roof Shelter

Flat Roof Shelter

A free-standing open shelter with a single sloping roof of boards on a timber frame of posts, headers and rafters, with cross-braced railings between the posts. Plan size, overall height and eave height, Roof overhang and board thickness, Post, header and rafter sizes and rafter spacing, Number of posts and railed sides, Finish

Details

Category: Gazebos › Gazebos and Garden Pavilions

By Huu Khanh Nguyen · Updated November 5, 2026

Parameters

NameDefaultUnit
Width3400mm
Depth3400mm
Height2450mm
Eave height2272mm
Roof overhang200mm
Roof board thickness19mm
Post size120mm
Header width203.2mm
Header depth203.2mm
Rafter width76.2mm
Rafter depth203.2mm
Maximum rafter spacing609.6mm
Posts along width2
Posts along depth2
Railed sides3
Knee brace length914.4mm
Knee brace width101.6mm
Knee brace depth203.2mm
TimbertimberSpruceUntreated
Roof coveringtimberSpruceUntreated
slope(sizeZ - eaveHeight) / sizeY
droproofThickness * Math.sqrt(1 + slope * slope)mm