The house with the mansard roof is something like a house with the highest floor completely roofed not only from the top but from all sides as well.
Mansard roof is a type of roof which lower part is almost vertical or has a very steep pitch. On the other hand, itīs upper (top) part is almost flat (do you remember the
Flat Roof Article? No flat roof is really flat!).
The mansard roofs got their namefrom the famous French architect Francois Mansart (do not change with the archit...
As I mentioned already, there are maybe 3 or 4 most important factors influencing the roofing material to be chosen. They are as follows:
1.) climatic conditions;
2.) chemical composition of the air;
3.) the minimum roof slope, and
4.) the altitude of your location.
The mountain country has tougher climate than the low-altitude locations. Therefor the requirements on roofing in the mountains are different than the requierements on roofing in the flatland.
Ceramic tile roofing in the mountains
In the mountains I would not recommend the non-flat ceramic tile roofing (I man the burnt clay tiles with dewatering grooves) and also the other types of the...
Daughters of the mighty gabled roof mother
Both gambrel roofs and salt box roofs represent just the variation of the adorable gabled roof. Any of them looks like the traditional gable roof but shows certain differences.
Gambrel roof
The gambrel roof is the gabled roof with two slopes. The lower one is much steeper than the upper one.
The gambrel roofs got their name as in the past the gambrel roof design was usually used for barns.
Why gambrel roof design is so advantageous? Actually, itīs n brainer. Our grand fathers needed to put as much crops in their barns as possib...
Gable roof style - the easiest way to have a reliable roof
Gable roof is the simplest construction type of a roof ever and probably the most frequently used roof type all over the world.
Gable roof consist of 2 roof surfaces, these roof surfaces (also called roof fields) usually have the shape of a rectangle, they are of the same size and pitch angle. Gable roofs designers recommend the 25-45° pitch angle of the roofs as it represents the best angle for the effluxion of the rain water.
The line in which both roof surfaces meet is called a ridge or ridge line. The gable roof ridge is of thesame length as the longer side of both roof fields.
Outside of US and UK g...
