Thursday, February 5, 2015

Oh My Gawd #4

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.

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

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

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

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

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