Gable Dormer Hip Roof

Hipped dormers maintain consistency with hipped roofs and add visual contrast to gable roofs.

Gable dormer hip roof.

Gable and hip dormers are most the commonly used architectural styles of dormers. 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. Hip to gable loft conversion. The roof dormer is an architectural structure protruding out from a slanting roof.

Rather than a two sided gable a roof dormer has sloped roof sheathing and roofing material on all three sides. 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. 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. They add structural frames for windows and offer additional living space in your attic.

The dormer itself has its own roof which can be a hip eyebrow shed segmental or gable roof depending on the architectural design. A dutch gable is a hybrid of the gable and hip roof. A gable roof is placed at the top of a hip roof for more space and enhanced aesthetic appeal.