Pent Or Tiled Roof

[meercat]

Hi guys thinking of installing a loft in my garden 15*6ft should I have a Pent roof or bulid a tiled ridge roof making it about 11 ft high?

Really don't know what to go for advice needed.

Thanks in advance.

[PATTY BHOY]

With regards to the roof, obviously the goal is for your homing pigeons to return as soon as possible to their pigeon loft and not loiter on the roof. With this is mind, aflat roof is not a good idea. Many fanciers also place pigeon deterrents such as bird spikes on their roofs.|The loft should obviously be watertight and insulated to negate temperature extremes in summer and winter. The roof should have a steep slope to discourage roosting (you want them back in the loft as soon as possible, not loitering on the roof).

[walterboswell59]

both work perfectly well m8 just consider what neighbours are like that its not causing obstruction to someones view if not id have apex tiled roof

[William Reid]

For years I had what you would call an off set apex roof and the only problem I found with it was you had to have a false roof inside your loft to control the air flow and also stop pigeons flying over your head .a few years ago I changed it to a pent roof with a 2inch gap all around and wired it .both roofs do the same job but a tiled apex roof does look better jmo