Drafting - Types of Roof

It is the external upper covering of a house or building.

• Roof

• Ceiling

• Post

• Beam

Identify what Roof type is in the picture.

• Gable Roof

• Flat Roof

• Shed Roof

• Hip Roof

These type of Roof is like a Gable Roof but it has added slope to its lower edges, much steeper pitch.

• Gazebo Roof

• Dutch Gable Roof

• Mansard Roof

• Gambrel Roof

These type of roof have plain surface with slightly incline to prevent water from collecting on the top

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• Dormer Roof

• Mansard Roof

• Hip Roof

• Gambrel Roof

This type of roof were combination of Gable and Hip Roof. unlike Dutch gable, this are basically huge gables topped with a flattened, clipped edge similar to a Hip Roof.

• Pyramid Hip Roof

• Clerestory Roof

• Jerkinhead Roof

• Skillion Roof

These roof is named from a windowed structure that projects vertically from sloping roof. And used to make attic space livable.

• Dormer Roof

• Box Gamble Roof

• Saw-tooth Roof

• M-shaped Roof

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• Butterfly Roof

• Hexagonal Gazebo Roof

• Hip and Valley Roof

• Shed Roof

These type of Roof were it has two sloping sides joined by a short vertical wall. The slope typically falls outward, which peak is somewhere near the middle of the roof.

• Skillion roof

• Saltbox roof

• Butterfly roof

• Clerestory roof

These roofs has six sides that slope downward. And it is not fit for every house. They are mainly designed for aesthetics rather than practicality.

• Hip and Valley Roof

• Hexagonal Gazebo roof

• Saw-tooth roof

• M-shaped Roof