Shed Roof Door Overhang. Adequate roof overhangs help shade windows in hot weather and reduce the amount of rain that hits your siding, windows, and doors. Even wind driven rain finds it difficult to enter a shed when protected by a relatively small overhang.
Perhaps the most important function of wide roof overhangs is to help keep water off siding, windows, and doors.
Overhangs on two sides of pennsylvania dutch barns protect doors, windows, and other lower level structure. Make sure the roof overhangs about 1 1/2 on front and back of the utility shed, as you also have to fit trims to the front and back faces of the shed. Adequate roof overhangs help shade windows in hot weather and reduce the amount of rain that hits your siding, windows, and doors. Wood storage sheds, kit sheds built on your property in one day!