Thursday, February 5, 2015

Roof styles

Gable Roof- A roof with two sloping sides, forming a triangle at one or both ends. 

Gambrel Roof-  A roof with two angles of slope on each of two sides, the lower slope steeper than the upper slope. 

Hip Roof- All four sides of this roof slope inward to meet at a peak, as here, or a ridge.

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

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

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

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