Plan Types Of Roof Design

More room shapes and special types of roofs.

Plan types of roof design.

The most common type of a hip roof. Previously with saw tooth design under mono pitch style we saw detached roof slopes that were lower than the highest roof. A type of roof containing sloping planes of the same pitch on each side of. The sides come together at the top to form a simple ridge.

You can find additional articles helping you plan your house in our guidelines for house builders. Hip roofs like gable roofs can be with almost any type of roofing material such as shingles metal or tiles. Intricate roofs have many parts that incorporate several of the basic roof designs such as a gable roof sitting atop a gambrel or variations of the gable valley roof design using one or a variety of different types of roof trusses also see our very detailed diagrams showing the different parts of a roof truss. The upper portion of a sidewall that comes to a triangular point at the ridge of a sloping roof.

Also different architectural styles will use the same type of roof. A pent roof can refer to any roof type that is below and detached from the top roof. Other common roof shapes are flat roof barrel roof pyramid hip roof pyramid roof cone type roof valley roof shed roof clipped gable roof and extended mansard roof. It s best to tear off an old roof rather than install a new one over an existing roof.

This home s aging roof was updated to a slate style fiberglass composite shingle that complements the home s new gray blue exterior color. Roofing design types terms. It has a polygon on two sides and a triangle on two sides. Types of hip roofs.

A hip roof contains no gables.