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\"1978
1978 A-frame with a Bump Out Dormer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This A-frame house is in our neighborhood.<\/p>\n

\"A-frame
A-frame with shed roof bump out and bump out closet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If this feels like a re-run, I wrote a short post about this last year.\u00a0 But we were on a different road and realized we can see the back of it here.<\/p>\n

\"Roof
Roof lines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So this blog post is more about the roof lines and angles.<\/p>\n

\"Roof
Roof lines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This view gives you a good idea of the roof lines.<\/p>\n

\"4\/12
4\/12 is a common roof pitch. 15\/12 is very steep.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It looks like the shed roof is a 4\/12 pitch and the A-frame is 15\/12.<\/p>\n

\"Roof
Roof lines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The slope ratio represents a certain amount of vertical rise for every 12 inches of horizontal run.<\/p>\n

So a 4\/12 roof pitch rises 4 inches for every 12 inches. The most common roof pitch is from 4\/12 to 9\/12.<\/p>\n

The A-frame roof looks like a 15\/12. That gives 51.34\u00b0 angle.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"The
The higher roof line on the shed roof area adds a lot of usable space.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An A-frame cuts off a lot of the height, so adding the shed roof area gives a lot more usable space.<\/p>\n

\"There
There is an additional bump out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There is also a bump out closet. They put in a garden window.<\/p>\n

\"The
The front of the A-frame is all windows<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One problem with A-frame houses is that they can be dark inside. That is why they put so much glass on the walls that are not all roof.<\/p>\n

\"The
The shed dormer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This shows the back of the house better. There are not really a lot of windows on this side.<\/p>\n

\"There
There is an additional bump out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here is the closet bump out and the shed-roof bump out from the front.<\/p>\n

\"Garage\"
Garage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is the garage. There are a lot of trees, so you can\u2019t see it clearly.<\/p>\n

\"A-Frame
A-Frame Floor Plan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The floor plan is available on our county website. The closet bumps out 4\u2032.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This A-frame house is in our neighborhood. If this feels like a re-run, I wrote a short post about this last year.\u00a0 But we were on a different road and realized we can see the back of it here. So this blog post is more …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[21,26,1],"tags":[49,51],"class_list":["post-7582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspiration","category-other-small-houses","category-research","tag-a-frame","tag-bump-out"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/featured-a-frame-bump.jpg?fit=810%2C431&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6407,"url":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/a-frame-with-bump-out-shed-roof-addition\/","url_meta":{"origin":7582,"position":0},"title":"A-Frame with Bump-out Shed Roof Addition","author":"Carla","date":"March 20, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"This modified A-frame house is near our new house. 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