Hip Roof With A Flat Top

This style of roofing became popular in the united states during the 18 th century in the early georgian period.

Hip roof with a flat top.

The rafters that run from the long side walls to the ridge are called common rafters the rafters near the ends that meet at the hip rafters are called. The opposite arrangement to the half hipped roof. Dutch gable gablet. A square hip roof is shaped like a pyramid.

A standard rectangular hip roof has a horizontal top beam or board called a ridge that forms the peak of the roof at each end of the ridge two sloping boards angle out and down to the corners of the building. Flat roofs are easier to construct than pitched roofs and require fewer building materials keeping costs down. Thus a hipped roof house has no gables or other vertical sides to the roof. It is sometimes also referred to as a dutch gable roof precisely because it contains both roof style features.

The sides are all equal length and come together at the top to form a ridge. A dutch hip roof is a combination of both the hip roof and gable roof features. A hip roof or a hipped roof is a style of roofing that slopes downwards from all sides to the walls and hence has no vertical sides. A hybrid of hipped and gable with the gable wall at the top and hipped lower down.

The hip roof is the most commonly used roof style in north america after the gabled roof. The gable portion of a dutch hip roof is usually placed at the end of the roof ridge and sits on top of the plane of the hip roof. A gable roof is placed at the top of a hip roof for more space and enhanced aesthetic appeal. A hip roof has slopes on all four sides.