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Is a roof pitch for a glass aisle 2 percent realistic?

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My wife and I are currently building a house consisting of a main house and an outbuilding.

The two elements are to be connected by a glass walkway (= 3-sided glass element: 2 glass walls + 1 glass roof).

Now the window company says they can build this fancy glass transition with a flat roof with a minimum slope of 10 degrees and can't make it flatter. The key word: warranty.

Unfortunately, we think it's very ugly. We expected the roof to be very flat. Our architect says the slope should be 2 degrees.

But now the glass roof has to be about half a meter higher in the center than the outside. So it looks more like a gable roof than a flat roof.

Can anyone tell me if this is realistic at 2 percent and what manufacturers are there for this?

asked 6 months ago
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309Carmen Gordon
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Usually a 2 percent slope is sufficient for roof drainage.

Caution. 2 percent ≠ 2 degrees.

answered 6 months ago
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137Tahm Tae-sung
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What exactly is the glass manufacturer's concern? (I would take static, rain loads only). What would it be: bulletproof glass, plexiglass?

I would not do a "gable roof" but a "single slope roof", the height of the attic would already give the slope, and 10° would not practically interfere with it (if necessary, a slope is done, with the main view direction).

answered 6 months ago
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1Ashton Gibbs
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The window builder wants to build a 10 degree minimum. He doesn't want to give a guarantee below that amount. A monoshield roof is indeed a good alternative. Our architect has brought this up before. Now we're hearing it a second time.... What kind of glass is that? That's a good question. Let's assume normal window glass.
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