Roof Line Styles

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Roof line styles.

This home s aging roof was updated to a slate style fiberglass composite shingle that complements the home s new gray blue exterior color. Is jerkinhead a dirty word. Fold the drip edge to fit over the ridge. In combination of roof styles a hip will connect to another part of the roof as part of the frame.

Roof terminology is also not rigidly defined. Jerkinhead roofs are sometimes found on american bungalows and cottages small american houses from the 1920s and 1930s and assorted victorian house styles. Hold the drip edge up to the ridge and make a mark along where the drip edge exceeds the roof. A tear off reveals any defects in the roof deck so they can be mended before a new roof is installed.

The main factors which influence the shape of roofs are the climate and the materials available for roof structure and the outer covering. Valleys the inverse of a ridge or lines that appear to go inward on a roof. See more ideas about house styles craftsman house craftsman style homes. Generally wherever 2 sloped planes connect other than at a peak point a valley is formed.

Intricate roofs have many parts that incorporate several of the basic roof designs such as a gable roof sitting atop a gambrel or variations of the gable valley roof design using one or a variety of different types of roof trusses also see our very detailed diagrams showing the different parts of a roof truss. The lower slope is much steeper than the upper. Roof shapes differ greatly from region to region. The sides can either be flat or curved depending on the style.

A jerkinhead roof may also be called a jerkin head roof a half hipped roof a clipped gable or even a jerkinhead gable. A mansard roof also known as a french roof is a four sided roof with a double slope on each side that meet forming a low pitched roof. Mark the plumb line or centerline as in the image below. Also different architectural styles will use the same type of roof.

Make a straight cut through the bottom of the drip edge with your tin snips. See more ideas about architecture house styles house design.