Hipped Roof Line

A square hip roof is shaped like a pyramid.

Hipped roof line.

A hipped roof is sloped in two pairs of directions e g. The reverse hybrid of a hipped and a gable roof. See above dutch gable gablet. A hip roof or hipped roof is a type of roof design where all roof sides slope downward toward the walls where the walls of the house sit under the eaves on each side of the roof.

N s and e w compared to the one pair of direction e g. N s or e w for a gable roof. If the wall plates are all square of equal lengths then the hipped rafters would form a pyramid shape like the picture above normally a roof is rectangle and there are more yellow common rafters. The area where one section of roof meets other section is considered as the hip and the hip roof generally has very uniform angles without any vertical end.

The result of joining two or more hip roof sections together forming a t or l shape for the simplest forms or any number of more complex shapes. A hip roof hip roof or hipped roof is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls usually with a fairly gentle slope. Hip roofs on houses could have two triangular sides and two trapezoidal ones. A hip roof or a hipped roof is a style of roofing that slopes downwards from all sides to the walls and hence has no vertical sides.

A hip roof on a rectangular plan has four faces. See above cross hipped. Hip rafters are the diagonal rafters that span from the ridge at the top down to the corners of the roof. Hip roofs or so called hipped roofs are a special type of roof that has a very gentle slope at the sides with a downward pattern towards the side walls.

This style of roofing became popular in the united states during the 18 th century in the early georgian period. A hybrid of a gable and a hipped roof.