Friday, February 6, 2015

☼ types of roofs

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


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.


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


Hipped Roof
All four sides of this roof slope inward to meet at a peak or a ridge.


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








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