Slope is how much a roof slants or the incline of a roof.
On a roof the point where two slopes meet is called.
To be a true gable both sides must slope at the same angle.
A valley is where two slopes meet at a low point.
Garret a habitable attic at the top of a larger building generally with sloping walls and with skylights or dormer windows.
They have two sloping sides that come together at a ridge creating end walls with a triangular extension called a gable at the top.
Viewed from the end the shape of a gable roof appears as a symmetrical triangle.
A type of roof that has two different pitches on all sides of the building with the lower slopes steeper than the upper.
From gable to mansard read on to learn about the various roof shape types that add character and style to homes.
The main factors which influence the shape of roofs are the climate and the materials available for roof structure and the outer covering.
Saw tooth roof a development of the shed roof made into a series of lean to roofs covering one building.
Pitch the amount of slope to a roof expressed as ratio of the total rise to the span.
Slope a roof s slope is the number of inches it rises for every 12 inches of horizontal run a roof with a 4 in 12 slope rises 4 inches for every 12 inches of horizontal run.
Drains on low slope roofs are located at the low points of roofs called valleys.
Roof terminology is also not rigidly defined.
The terms pitch and slope are simply two different ways of expressing the same measurement.
Gargoyle a carved stone grotesque with a spout designed to convey water from a roof.
Usages vary slightly from region to region or from one builder or architect to another.
There are two types of drains.
Uniting two opposing rafters at a point below the ridge usually in the upper third of the rafter length.
Four sided gambrel style hipped roof has two slopes on each side with lower slope.
Sometimes called curb roof.
Sometimes interior and exterior drains.
Gable roof a gable roof has two upward sloping sides that meet in middle at the ridge.
Gauged brickwork also rubbed brickwork.
The terms low slope and steep slope describe roof slope.
The same roof has a 4 12 or 1 3 pitch.
A two shed roof where the slopes meet at the center of the building.
A gable is a roof form where two oppositely sloping roof planes meet at a ridge and the wall below and at right angles to both these roofs continues up to the ridgeline forming a triangle of.
This is commonly used in factories where extra light is required through the clerestory formed in the vertical portion of the roof.
Roof shapes differ greatly from region to region.
