Roof Styles
Gambrel 3
Gambrel 2
Gambrel: Symmetrical with two slopes on each side. The upper part has a shallow angle while the lower part is steep.
Mansard 3
Mansard 2
Mansard: (also called a French roof or curb roof) fours sided roof with two slopes on each side. lowers slope has windows and a steeper angle.
Outshot 3
Outshot 2
Outshot or catslide: An addition to the main roof. Like a lean-to but extended of the upper roof.
Catslide 3
Catslide 2
Catslide: A roof where one side is larger than the other, making it closer to the ground unless somehow altered.
Saltbox 3
Saltbox 2
Saltbox: Traditional new england style. Has a long pitched roof with a slope down the back. one story in the back ant two in the front.
Karahafu 3
Karahafu 2
Karahafu: Gable found in traditional Japanese buildings. Common in traditional architecture including Japanese castles Buddhist temples, and shrines. Tile and bark used as coverings, curved at the top.
Dutch Gable with wall
Dutch Gable with wall 2
Dutch gable, or gablet with wall: Hip roof with four sloped sides topped with a gable roof looks like a sloped wall face in the front .
Dutch Gable 3
Dutch Gable 2
Dutch gable, or Gablet: Combination of hipped and gable. Gable at the top hipped lower down. Opposite arrangements to half hipped.
Cross Gabled 3
Cross Gabled 2
Cross gabled: Putting together two or more roof sections making a T or L.
Saddleback 3
Saddleback 2
Saddleback: A gabled roof that overlaps another roof. Slopes in the middle resembling a saddle.
Gable Roof 3
Gable Roof 2
Gable: (ridged, dual-pitched, peaked, saddle, pack-saddle, saddleback, span roof): Shaped like an inverted V.
Pyramidal 3
Pyramidal 2
Pyramidal/Pyramid: A pyramidal roof is a kind of hip roof. No vertical or gables all slope towards the walls. called pyramidal when all sides are equal with the roof forming a pyramid. Usually a hip roof on a square building.
Cross hipped roof 3
Cross-Hipped 2
Cross hipped: Has two intersecting sections that run next to each other. This roof allows for more complex house layout. The most popular variation is the L-shape where the roofs form a right angle.
Hip and Pent hip roof 3
Hip and Pent Hip 2
Hip and Pent hip roof: Looks like a hip roof is stacked on a pent roof. Does go around all four sides.
Half-hipped 3
Half-hipped 2
Conical Roof 3
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