Roofing design types terms.
Roof terminology gable.
Triangular upper part of wall at the end of a ridge roof hipped roof.
That makes the roof s span 40 feet.
Roof shapes differ greatly from region to region.
Usages vary slightly from region to region or from one builder or architect to another.
Pitch is the rise over the span.
Hip and gable are the two most common roof styles.
The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system used which reflects climate material availability and aesthetic concerns.
Say your house is 38 feet wide and the gable roof has a 1 foot overhang on each side.
That angle is based on a roof s rise height and span width.
Some roofs have just one of these styles while others have several different style elements.
A type of roof containing sloping planes of the same pitch on each side of.
A type of roof containing sloping planes of the same pitch on each of four sides.
We use the term gable trim.
1 the term used for each row of roofing material that forms the roofing or flashing system.
A single ridge roof that terminates at gable end s.
A term used to describe a pitched roof the ends of which are also sloped.
The upper portion of a sidewall that comes to a triangular point at the ridge of a sloping roof.
Formed metal sheeting secured to walls curbs or other surfaces for use in protecting the top edge of base flashings from exposure to weather.
Roof terminology is also not rigidly defined.
Gable the vertical wall at the end of a pitched roof an inverted v.
A bearing timber forming part of a suspended timber floor to which the.
From the eaves to the peak it s 10 feet high that s the rise.
The main factors which influence the shape of roofs are the climate and the materials available for roof structure and the outer covering.
For example you may have a gable roof with shed style dormers dormers by the way are defined as a roofed structure that projects vertically beyond the plane of a pitched roof or with combined elements of a hip style roof and a gable style roof.
A type of roof containing sloping planes of the same pitch on each side of the ridge.
2 one of multiple layers materials applied to a surface.
Contains a gable at each end.
A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches.
The upper portion of a sidewall that comes to a triangular point at the ridge of a sloping roof.
A triangular portion of the endwall of a building directly under the sloping roof and above the eave line.
A hip roof contains no gables.
Trim that goes on this part of a roof is called gable or rake trim.