This style of roof is commonly referred to as a lean to or skillion type of roof.
Non contiguous shed roof.
The reason is quite simple a house with a shed roof is an affordable option that can save energy and makes use of available space in an optimal way.
A shed roof that is not stick framed will be built with trusses.
Depending on where your shed is located the higher end can be fastened to the side of another building such as your house or garage.
It is one of the easiest roofs to build and usually the least expensive.
A skillion or shed style roof shed has one wall higher than the opposite wall creating a single slope roof.
Sample of gambrel truss plans.
Building a shed roof with trusses.
A simple gable shed roof is often built using 2 4 or 2 6 lumber for the rafters and 2 4 for the collar ties.
Much depends on the structure size and the desired attic loft or headroom.
It typically has a single face that is higher on one end than the other.
I have found in all my years of building sheds that using pre built trusses is so much easier and simpler then building a shed roof with a ridge board especially if you are building your outdoor shed yourself.
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It looks like half a gable roof.
Building a shed roof house compared with a pitched or flat roof.
2 6 or greater planks span the distance between the high wall and the low wall often with an overhang.
A gable roof for a shed can be built with rafters with a 1 6 ridge board or using trusses.