Hip Roof With Gable Front Porch

Over the door in the middle is a gable portion within the hip roof.

Hip roof with gable front porch.

Hip roof with small gable above door the first drawing is the hip roof with the gable right above the front door. Front porch design idea 1. Take note there are many roof variations either for your front porch open porch or back porch. Gable hip shed and flat.

A flat porch with a flat roof will also look great in a bungalow with a common hip roof. The two roofs meeting that description are the hip and the flat roof. Gable roofs will easily shed water and snow provide more space for an attic or vaulted ceilings and allow more ventilation. Hip roofs have equal angled sides and are most often but not always found on cottage style homes.

The gable portion accentuates the home s entrance. A round porch roof also offers a sophisticated appeal. And that is why these are the most common rooflines you ll see on porch company porches. Let s talk about the pros and cons of each of the four most often used roofs.

A gabled roof is a roof with two sloping sides that come together at a ridge creating end walls with a triangular extension called a gable at the top. Pros of gable roofs. Gable positioned over center of front porch gable positioned over front door hip roofs on two stories shed and gable roofs are not the only roofs in town. Hip roofs can be stylish too.

This restored nashville farmhouse has an open gable roof with gothic arches in the gable. This is the option that i said in my last post was my favorite but it s pretty amazing to see it in an actual 3 d drawing rather than my sloppy cut and paste photoshopped version. You can have a roof design that combines a mansard and shed roof. Also known as pitched or peaked roof gable roofs are some of the most popular roofs in the us.

However ideal for two story homes as seen below.