Multi Peaked Roofs

Shed roofs are easy to build because all rafters are identical.

Multi peaked roofs.

Gabled roofs with eyebrow dormers shown here or other curved details are the exception. Near the top is a very steep pitch and near the upper walls of the home are a lower pitch though still fairly steep. Shingles made of wood stone tile or metal work fine. Peaked roof definition is a roof of two or more slopes rising to a ridge.

The hip roof also referred to as a hipped roof is asymmetrical rectangular construction with two hips meeting at either end with four sloping uniform sides meeting at a single peak. The sloped roof on this modern house. It may consist of a flat roof on top but the main design element is the multi pitch sloped in what is essentially a hip roof on top of another hip frame. The sloped roofs on this modern home were designed to take advantage of the path of the sun to maximize brightness and to make the interior of the home feel bigger and brighter.

Gabled but curved nancy andrews. A simple roof design shaped like an inverted v. Photography by hoachlander davis photograph. Because most gabled roofs consist of flat sections you can cover them with virtually any roofing material.

Reader swartz architects designed the renovation of this 1970 s farmhouse.