Thursday, August 4, 2011

Tips To A Unique Looking Roof

By Scott Rodgers


Although it does not seem so, but building a roof may be the most complicated of all construction projects. Even when the roof styles are a dozen, then also there are many variations on how to build them. One of tha most common roof styles is gable roof that slopes to two sides and the other is hip roof that slopes to four.

As the roof is the topmost most layer of any building, it becomes an essential part. A roof must be such that not only it protects you from the destructive effects of nature but is also capable of tolerating the different ways of nature.

If we talk about the hip roof style, it is such made that all sides slope down from the ridge of the roof in many diverse ways. People prefer it as it can be easily designed and built up. It offers shield on all sides of the wall, thus giving you a safer home.

Next, moving on to Gable roofing, we find that it is less or more similar to hip roofing. Instead of all sides, it has only two sides sloping down to the wall, thus providing you with more open space. It is also easy to construct. Its maintenance is quite easy too.

A bonnet roof is an incorporation of the earlier talked about hip roof and gable roof. It brings to us the minimalism of both the roofs and the result comes out to be a unique kind of roof that acts as a secondary slope to the main slope of the structure.

If you are searching for something not so expensive and eco-friendly, the best option for you would be flat roof type. It can be easily built up and does not provide much of a slope. It is usually made up of tar and gravel. As it provides a platform roof, you can set up a roof garden right there on your roof. Thus it has a number of advantages.

When you combine both mansard roof type and gable roof type, you get a gambrel roof. It looks good on American burn and has two opposing slopes like that of a gable roof. And similar to a mansard roof, as it gets closer to the structure wall, each side gets multiple slopes. Thus it is truly said that it is a combination of both of them.

Last on the list is mansard roof. The mansard roof is a modification of the hip roof, and bares two different slopes on each roof surface : the standard slope on the top part of the roof and a much steeper slope extending to the structure wall. This design was made popular in 17th century France, and can still be seen today not only on historic homes but on commercial buildings too.




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