Gable Dormer Hip Roof

Hip to gable dormer loft conversions are for properties with a sloping side roof hipped roof which means that the side of your roof slopes inwards towards the ridge chimney.

Gable dormer hip roof.

A hip to gable style conversion would change the shape of the roof by extending the existing ridge and giving you a much larger loft area. Continue reading below our video of the day. A gable roof is placed at the top of a hip roof for more space and enhanced aesthetic appeal. Rather than a two sided gable a roof dormer has sloped roof sheathing and roofing material on all three sides.

Hipped dormers maintain consistency with hipped roofs and add visual contrast to gable roofs. Box gable roof a type of hip roof where each side includes two different sloping angles with the lower angle much steeper than the upper angle. They add structural frames for windows and offer additional living space in your attic. The roof dormer is an architectural structure protruding out from a slanting roof.

The point at which the three sloping sides join is over the center of the dormer rather than at its front as with a gable dormer. Gambrel roof a multi sided polygonal hip roof with steeply pitched slopes that rise to a peak similar to what you d see on a church steeple. A dutch gable is a hybrid of the gable and hip roof.