Types Of House Roof Styles

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Types of house roof styles.

A hip roof has slopes on all four sides. The gable design is available in almost any type of roof pitch from low slope ranch style homes to steep a frames. 36 types of roofs styles for houses illustrated roof design examples 1. The most popular roof style may be the side gable because it s one of the easiest to build.

This 18th century french provincial blacksmith shop now a tavern has a hipped roof with. Roof styles and shapes side gable. Also known as pitched or peaked roof gable roofs are some of the most popular roofs in the us. Side gables are the most common and simple style of gable roof with two sides pitched to form a triangle.

A hybrid of a gable and a hipped roof. A gable roof is perhaps the most common and consists of two slopes that meet at a common ridge at the top to form an upside down v. A type of gable found in some traditional japanese buildings. If a side gable roof is left open in the middle it is referred to as an open gable roof or closed in for a boxed gable roof.

The rough texture and muted color of the cedar shingle siding and detailed gables on this ranch style house are complemented by the roof s gray brown shingles. A type of japanese roof construction. There are four main types of gable roofs side gables crossed gables front gables and dutch gables. A mansard roof also known as a french.

The sides are all equal length and come together at the top to. N s or e w for a gable roof. A hipped roof is sloped in two pairs of directions e g. N s and e w compared to the one pair of direction e g.

The second empire. The a frame is very easy to identify. It s steep pointed roof which extends all the way to the ground or close to the ground. Hip roof or hipped roof.