Skillion Roof Sheds

With a skillion you can take advantage of a low side and a high side, potentially the high side could suit a caravan, hoist or boat and the low side a standard vehicle opening. For the owner builder a skillion shed is marginally easier to build as there are no trusses to make up and less flashings to put on.

Eaves are possible in a couple of ways with most building designs. The premium option is to use a 50mm insulated roofing panel. The stiffness of the board allows it to overhang the shed frame of the shed 500mm. The advantage of using the insulated panel is the eaves are lined with the underside of the panel with a clean, finished look. The other option is to extend the rafters through the side wall of the shed with an eave purlin connected to the tails of the rafters. This option works well and is cost effective. The disadvantage of the system is that the eaves are not lined and the underside of the roof cladding is visible.