Do it Yourself: [DIY] Roof Shapes and Names..

26 March 2014

[DIY] Roof Shapes and Names..

Posted by: "Jerry Hnidy" jhnidy@gmail.com

> We bought this place because it looks like a barn.

Hi Jerry;

That is called a "gambrel" roof, like these.

http://web.axilar.net/LarenCorie/GableCXSm.jpg
http://web.axilar.net/LarenCorie/GambrelLittleHouse.htm

A "mansard" roof is basically a flat roof ("flat" roofs
are defined as less than a 2/12 pitch) with very steep
shingled roofs, down the walls of the upper story.

Mansard roofs also usually extend around the corners,
whereas gambrels just wraps over the top, in the classic
barn roof shape..

They are close, but different. In some cases they are
so close that the difference is hard to define, but usually
there is a difference in "feel" to the general design of the
building that helps differentiate it as Gambrel or Mansard.

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