Why a Flat Roof for your patio? Well, Flat Roofs are a simple, economical design that can benefit in more ways than one. Flat Roof Patio covers and Flat Roof Patio Designs have been around a very long time. They are options in mostly arid climates. Often flat roofs are used as additional living spaces or even as living roofs. That’s right, you can stay cool, calm and collected under your Flat Roof on your lovely patio, all while growing plants and grasses on the top, blending right into the landscape and leaving just a very small footprint for your home. The area underneath will be protected by the earth above and be even cooler during those hot summer days.
Flat roofs offer many advantages. First and foremost is the cost. Flat roofs are less expensive than other types of roofing such as gable roofs, dome roofs or hip roofs. Typically they can have a pitch of up to 10°, so while not quite flat, for all intents and purposes they are. The ever so slight pitch does serve to promote drainage.
As well as the cost, accessibility is a factor. Flat roofs are very accessible without specialized equipment or extra length ladders. If you wanted to, you could even climb out of a window onto a flat roof. It’s just like walking on the ground.
So again, another advantage, easy to clean as well. Just sweep or mop the top and you are done!
