Hip roofs can offer extra living space when a dormer crow s nest is added to a hip roof.
Hip roof with gable addition.
Hip roofs are more expensive to build than a gable roof.
If you gabled the roof instead of having a hipped one it would give it more prominence.
It may be better to stick frame the addition roof.
For high wind areas or strong storms a pitch of 4 12 6 12 18 5 26 5 angle is recommended.
In my opinion roof pitches with gables that are less than 5 12 don t look nearly as nice.
Box gable roof a type of hip roof where each side includes two different sloping angles with the lower angle much.
You d probably end up with some cricket areas where the gables meet.
Gambrel roof a multi sided.
It s a more complex design that requires more building materials.
Gable roof addition to hip roof house in order to have the existing roof line plane through you ll need to match the pitch from the existing to the new addition.