Front porch design idea 1.
Hip roof gable porch.
By comparison a gable roof is a type of roof design where two sides slope downward toward the walls and the other two sides include walls that extend from the bottom of.
Let s talk about the pros and cons of each of the four most often used roofs.
The open front porch below has a combination roof.
A hip roof installed beneath a gable roof side view of hip roof installed under a gable roof nicely designed hip roof on a ranch home hip roofs make for nice front porches hip roofs integrate easily on ranch style homes ranch style home with gable type roof here s the affect of adding a gable to a ranch porch roof.
The two roofs meeting that description are the hip and the flat roof.
Gable hip shed and flat.
It is sometimes also referred to as a dutch gable roof precisely because it contains both roof style features.
The gable roof is loved for its vaulted ceiling and beautiful lines.
The primary roof is a hip roof.
A dutch hip roof is a combination of both the hip roof and gable roof features.
And that is why these are the most common rooflines you ll see on porch company porches.
The gable portion accentuates the home s entrance.
This restored nashville farmhouse has an open gable roof with gothic arches in the gable.
This is the option that i said in my last post was my favorite but it s pretty amazing to see it in an actual 3 d drawing rather than my sloppy cut and paste photoshopped version.
Over the door in the middle is a gable portion within the hip roof.
Gable roof in a nutshell.