# How many "planes" on your house's roof? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 3, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-planes-on-your-houses-roof/932153 "2021-02-03T18:18:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-planes-on-your-houses-roof/932153/41 "2021-03-11T18:15:58Z")
Just 4 planes. We have no dormers, and the house layout is a basic rectangle, with a garage on one side. So: 2 planes for the main roof, and 2 for the roof on the garage. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-planes-on-your-houses-roof/932153/42 "2021-03-11T18:57:56Z")
Mine has 9. And three of those are in the bay window I had added to the house, and another is from the when the prior owner expanded the attic to make it a bedroom. The house across the street, still under construction, has at least 22, but I can’t see all of it, there may be more. I feel like the style has changed over the years. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-planes-on-your-houses-roof/932153/43 "2021-03-11T19:33:22Z")
Three. Back, front, partial top floor. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2021, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-planes-on-your-houses-roof/932153/44 "2021-03-13T04:27:08Z")
8 2+1 for the main roof plus a dormer 2 for a separate roof over the back door 2+1 for a lower portion of a roof that wraps around to a different side. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-planes-on-your-houses-roof/932153/45 "2021-03-18T19:52:40Z")
My house was originally rectangular but was remodeled several times by an ape with a hammer. The original roof was a gable with 2 planes. Now it has 11 planes, most of which leak. If I ever complete my remodel, it will have 2 planes with a single gable covering a rather bizarre floor plan. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-planes-on-your-houses-roof/932153/46 "2021-03-19T08:22:38Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > New home built 3 years ago probably around 20. Must be a building trend going on. Frames done to plan in a factory. No more cost to frame than any other shape – more joins, but shorter beams. By my count, 12 (including the garage) as shown in this picture: [4010903212\_cd6aedbfe4\_b.jpg (1024×637) (staticflickr.com)](https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3495/4010903212_cd6aedbfe4_b.jpg) … oops wrong house ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-planes-on-your-houses-roof/932153/47 "2021-03-19T12:59:32Z")
Five on mine. Two in front - the roof on the left side of the house steps down about a foot from the center section. But only one plane across the back. And then a perpendicular “dormer” or whatever you call it over the garage on the right side. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-planes-on-your-houses-roof/932153.md?page=2)