03-06-2011, 06:56 AM
My house is basically an "A" frame over a first floor, hip roof, sort of a cross between Polynesian and Japanese farmhouse style. The roof is 45 degrees M/L. The rain does overshoot the gutters during downpours. The roof is showing it's age so there are a few leaks and I'm getting too old and fat to shinny up there myself and fix it or clean the moss off. Something to consider if you plan on living there forever.(And the loft area is stifling hot in sunny weather and a real headbanger all the time.)