Thursday, February 5, 2015

roof styles


Gable Roof- the triangular section of a wall formed by the end of a pointed (gabled) roof

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Gambrel Roof- a roof with two slopes on each side, the lower slope having the steeper pitch. Often found in Colonial revival houses in the "Dutch" style.

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Hip Roof- a roof with slopes on all four sides. The "hips" are the lines formed when the slopes meet at the corners

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Saltbox Roof- a variation of the gable roof, originally created when a low lean-to addition was built onto the back wall of a house

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Mansard Roof- all four sides of this roof have two slopes, the lower four steeper than the upper four

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Shed Roof- a simple, one-slope roof; also called a lean-to roof






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