Hip Roof With Gable Front Porch

Also known as pitched or peaked roof gable roofs are some of the most popular roofs in the us.

Hip roof with gable front porch.

The primary roof is a hip roof. The gable portion accentuates the home s entrance. The two roofs meeting that description are the hip and the flat roof. However ideal for two story homes as seen below.

Hip roofs have equal angled sides and are most often but not always found on cottage style homes. Gable positioned over center of front porch gable positioned over front door hip roofs on two stories shed and gable roofs are not the only roofs in town. This restored nashville farmhouse has an open gable roof with gothic arches in the gable. A flat porch with a flat roof will also look great in a bungalow with a common hip roof.

Over the door in the middle is a gable portion within the hip roof. Pros of gable roofs. Let s talk about the pros and cons of each of the four most often used roofs. You can have a roof design that combines a mansard and shed roof.

The gable roof is loved for its vaulted ceiling and beautiful lines. The open front porch below has a combination roof. Take note there are many roof variations either for your front porch open porch or back porch. Hip roofs can be stylish too.

A gabled roof is a roof with two sloping sides that come together at a ridge creating end walls with a triangular extension called a gable at the top. Gable hip shed and flat. This is the option that i said in my last post was my favorite but it s pretty amazing to see it in an actual 3 d drawing rather than my sloppy cut and paste photoshopped version. And that is why these are the most common rooflines you ll see on porch company porches.

Hip roof with small gable above door the first drawing is the hip roof with the gable right above the front door.