Housing Style Accessories-Roofs

Gable Roof: The triangular portion between the edges of a sloping roof. In the picture below, this house has a side gable on it.

Gambrel Roof: A symmetrical two-sided roof, that has slopes on each side. Popular for barns.

Hip Roof: A roof style where all four sides come to a peak or point at the top of the house.

(this house also has a front gable on the windows)

Saltbox: A roof that has a huge slant to one side of the house and a small slant on the other side of it.

Mansard: A four sided gambrel-style hip roof that has two slopes of each of it's sides and has dormer windows steeper on the roof.