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