. Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building; a general reference work ... se in a simple roof surface for a building of the same sizewith a gable roof. This arrangement allows of considerably morespace and much greater head room in the attic. The position ofthe break in the roof surface may be varied to suit the taste of thedesigner, and the slopes of both the upper and the lower parts ofthe roof may be arranged as desired. Gambrel roofs may be seenon many old houses built in the Colonial days, and they have latelycome again into favor for the roofs of cottages and small suburbanor c
. Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building; a general reference work ... se in a simple roof surface for a building of the same sizewith a gable roof. This arrangement allows of considerably morespace and much greater head room in the attic. The position ofthe break in the roof surface may be varied to suit the taste of thedesigner, and the slopes of both the upper and the lower parts ofthe roof may be arranged as desired. Gambrel roofs may be seenon many old houses built in the Colonial days, and they have latelycome again into favor for the roofs of cottages and small suburbanor country houses. Mansard Roof. The mansard roof, called by the name of thearchitect who introduced it, is like the gable roof except that itslopes very steeply from each wall toward the center, instead of 124 CARPENTRY 113 from two opposite walls only, and it has a nearly flat deck on form of roof gives better rooms in the attic space than doeseither of the two forms already described. It was at one time verypopular for large suburban and city houses, but it is now seldom. Fig. 166. Hip Roof with Ridge employed. The mansard roof is shown in Fig. 165. It bears a closerelation to the so-called hip roof. Hip Roof. The hip roof also slopes from all four walls towardthe center, but not so steeply as does the mansard roof. It isusually brought to a point or a ridge at the top, as in Fig. 166, butsometimes it is finished with a small flat deck, as in Fig. 167. Thehip roof as a rule allows of very Httle useful space in the attic, and
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