Rafters support a pitched roof covering.
Top of roof name.
The result is easier access to the lower portion hipped of the roof with the added benefits of natural light and attic or bedroom space gable.
The upper part of a side wall or flank wall usually triangular in shape that comes to a point at the ridge of a sloping roof.
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A gablet basically puts a gabled roof on top of a hipped roof.
Roof covering typically of flat and rectangular shapes and made of various materials such as slate wood flagstone plastic metal and composite materials.
A structure located behind the higher side of a chimney or similar projections from the roof to divert rainwater around it.
Horizontal line at the top of the roof.
Also known as pitched or peaked.
A simple roof design shaped like an inverted v.
The v cut angle along the junction of two slopes of a roof.
The result of joining two or more gabled roof sections together forming a t or l shape for the simplest forms or any number of more complex shapes.