Roof Framing Basics
An illustrated guide to roof construction, including basic types of roofs and a roofing glossary Drive through nearly any neighborhood and you can see that roofs have many different shapes. Houses have gable, hipped, mansard, gambrel, flat, and shed roofs. Many homes combine roof types on one roof. It’s quite common, for example, to see […]
Garage Styles & Roof Shapes
In This Article: Garage Construction & Design Gambrel (“Barn”) Roofs Hip Roofs Reverse Gable Roofs This helpful buying guide discusses the different types of garages, and looks at roof shapes, like gambrel (barn) roofs, hip roofs, and reverse gable roofs. The way a garage roof is framed defines the style of the garage itself. Four […]