Unusual Roof Lines Hip To Gable

A gable roof is placed at the top of a hip roof for more space and enhanced aesthetic appeal.

Unusual roof lines hip to gable.

The opposite arrangement to the half hipped roof. This roof style is similar to the basic gable and it includes additional gabled roof sections of the home joining the main frame at a right angle to allow for more space and more interesting design. A hybrid of hipped and gable with the gable wall at the top and hipped lower down. Measure distance a along the unit run and mark.

Overhanging eaves forming shelter around the building are a consequence where the gable wall is in line with the other walls of the buildings that is unless the upper gable or gables is or are recessed. This home also features a shed roof over the front porch. This is the line of backing. Though previously for the 4 sloped roof aka hip roof we depicted that as a pyramid roof.

Place your square on the side of the hip rafter that will face the main roof using the hip pitch for that roof 8 155 8. Instead the hip is the portion with the descending lines also ridges that connect usually to corners of the house. Also known as a clipped gable or jerkin head roof. That is a sub variation of hip style but is actually unusual.

A dutch gable is a hybrid of the gable and hip roof. Repeat the same procedure on the side of the hip that faces the secondary roof using the hip pitch for that roof and measuring distance b.