Where Roof Ends

A combination of a gable and a hip roof pitched roof without changes to the walls with the hipped part at the top and the gable section lower down.

Where roof ends.

A gable roof with its end parapet walls below extended slightly upwards and shaped to resemble steps. Terms are used to break down the various areas of a roof and a rake is one of many roof sections. It is a term that describes the sloped sides of a gable end. A composite decking made of solid materials it resembles real wood and particularly strong and stable for bearing heavy load.

A hip roof is a roof where the ends are also sloped. Built up roof a low slope or flat seeming roof covered with alternating layers of roofing felt and hot mopped asphalt and topped off with a layer of gravel. The gable end is replaced by a hip end. A hip roof is self bracing requiring less diagonal bracing than a gable roof hip roofs are thus much more resistant to wind damage than gable roofs.

Also notice that a hip roof still has a ridge and eaves as do all peaked roofs. It is a waterproofing layer made of regular felt stacked above the solid. Hip roofs have no large flat or slab sided ends to catch wind and are inherently much more stable than gable roofs. The hip is the external angle at which adjacent sloping sides of a roof meet.

Sloped diagonal ridge between 2 sections of roof is called the hip ridge. The highest point of a pitched roof that receives the head of the spars also called rafters or common rafters. The ridge is the peak where two sloped roof sections meet. The rake is not exactly on the roof.

Margin the exposed area of a slate or tile usually the minimum is quoted by the manufacturer supplier and may vary for a given slate tile depending on slope of the roof and exposure although a different meaning the measurement is the same as the gauge. Cornice the wood or metal finishing at ends or edges. Hip roof also called hipped roof roof that slopes upward from all sides of a structure having no vertical ends. Hip end a sloping end to a pitched roof which is covered with slates or tiles.

A purpose designed tile that covers the ridge apex of a pitched roof. A horizontal timber or metal resting at the peak of the roof the rafters and trusses are connected to the ridge board for a cohesive framework. A term used to describe a pitched roof the ends of which are also sloped and meet at an external angle. Roofing terminology may be difficult to understand unless you are a builder or roofer.

A frame half hipped clipped gable. The degree of such an angle is referred to as the hip bevel. The sloped side of a roof with a peaked top. The triangular sloping surface formed by hips that meet at a roof s ridge is called a hip end.

See also roof pitch crow stepped corbie stepped stepped gable. A few definitions may make it easier for you to communicate with roofers.