Gable And Valley Roof House

Here is a quick summary comparing hip and gable roofing.

Gable and valley roof house.

As seen here a front gable became the perfect entryway to a suburban garage in the age of the private automobile. The valley area of a roof the straight lines formed when two different planes of the roof meet is a critical area that handles a tremendous amount of water run off. In this sketch i ve drawn a simple radius line starting at the bottom center of the house and ending at the roof edge. A front gable roof is placed at the entrance of the house.

However if the roof also contains hips and valleys it should either be shingled or roofed with metal shingles or standing seam to help prevent roof leaks. The top of the segment that radius creates sets the proper height of the roof. Square for square a simple gable roof will be cheaper compared to a complex hip and valley roof design with many intersections but sometimes gable roofing can be complex as well such as adding in dormers or extra wings to the home construction. I ve also drawn a line connecting opposite corners of the big rectangle formed by the main facade.

The wall gable is similar to a classical pediment but more simple and functional like a basic element of laugier s primitive hut. It s also known as a cross gable roof since the home has a cross footprint. The gable and valley roof is a very popular roof design. This design is often seen in colonial style houses.