Pro: Easy to Build. A simple gable roof is the easiest type of roof to build, as it has a very simplistic frame. Pro: Rain and Snow Resistance. A gable roof's simple two-slope design allows it to ...

a dormer is a structural element that projects vertically from a building’s sloping roof plane to provide daylight, ventilation or additional headroom under the structural framing. Aesthetically ...

I’ve got one last project before winter sets in. I want to build a small shed, but I’m not sure how to frame the standard gable roof. I can handle placing the framing square to make the plumb ...

The A-frame ... roof. Architects Design Base 8 and Omar Gandhi did this to take advantage of views, while ensuring the house is able to effectively shed snow and rainwater. "The archetypal gable ...

These types of small dormers are sometimes called “doghouse dormers,” because they are shaped somewhat similar to a doghouse with a gable roof. They have to be built well enough not to leak ...

A dormer, whose name derives from the Latin term “dormitorium,” meaning sleeping room, is a window set vertically within a slanted roof, typically with its own miniature roof. Dormers can lend ...