Gable Dormer Hip Roof

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Gable dormer hip roof.

Gambrel roof a multi sided polygonal hip roof with steeply pitched slopes that rise to a peak similar to what you d see on a church steeple. Rather than a two sided gable a roof dormer has sloped roof sheathing and roofing material on all three sides. They add structural frames for windows and offer additional living space in your attic. A hip to gable style conversion would change the shape of the roof by extending the existing ridge and giving you a much larger loft area.

The dormer itself has its own roof which can be a hip eyebrow shed segmental or gable roof depending on the architectural design. Hip to gable dormer loft conversions are for properties with a sloping side roof hipped roof which means that the side of your roof slopes inwards towards the ridge chimney. Hip to gable loft conversion. The point at which the three sloping sides join is over the center of the dormer rather than at its front as with a gable dormer.

Box gable roof a type of hip roof where each side includes two different sloping angles with the lower angle much steeper than the upper angle. Hipped dormers maintain consistency with hipped roofs and add visual contrast to gable roofs. Gable and hip dormers are most the commonly used architectural styles of dormers.