Hipped Roof Line

See above cross hipped.

Hipped roof line.

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. This style of roofing became popular in the united states during the 18 th century in the early georgian period. The hip roof is the most commonly used roof style in north america after the gabled roof. N s and e w compared to the one pair of direction e g.

A hipped roof is sloped in two pairs of directions e g. N s or e w for a gable roof. The reverse hybrid of a hipped and a gable roof. See above dutch gable gablet.

A hybrid of a gable and a hipped 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. 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. Thus a hipped roof house has no gables or other vertical sides to the roof.

They are almost always at the same pitch or slope which makes them symmetrical about the centerlines. 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. A square hip roof is shaped like a pyramid. A hip roof on a rectangular plan has four faces.

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. 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.