The screened porch on the home below also has a hip roof.
Porch on hip roof.
Hip roofs are sloped from each wall and do not have the gable ends.
To a large extent they are self bracing with opposite ends pushing inwards so they are strong in relation to wind forces.
Another basic type of hip roof design is used for foundation footprints that account for additional rooms or wings of the home that do not create a simple square or rectangular shape.
Depending on the size of the roof most hip roofs will have 4 6 short jack rafters that are spaced out every 20 inches 51 cm between the hip rafters and the king common rafters.
A mansard roof which is also used on porches is a hip roof variation and is ideal for two story houses with window placements incapable of having a gable roof or continuous shed.
Measure the distance between the angled hip rafter and the top of the wall at 20 in 51 cm increments and cut jack rafters to fit.
Gable hip shed and flat.
Hip roofs can be an ideal solution for those wanting to add a porch to a ranch home.
A square hip roof variation is shaped much like a pyramid.
Hip roof screened porch with deck and patio by the porch company note the multiple different ways this room can be used.
This roof design is used for homes with a square or rectangular footprint at the foundation.
The two roofs meeting that description are the hip and the flat roof.
A hip roof is designed so that all sides slope downwards to the walls usually with a fairly minimal slope.
A porch with large overhangs and gutters on all sides is ideal.
The longer sides have a trapezoidal shape while the sides at the front and back have a triangular shape and are called hip ends.
To one end is a large eating table.
A hipped roof has no gables or other vertical sides.
By matching the pitch of the gables we were still consistent with the roof.
On this home the roof pitch is the same as that of the gables on the dormers.
While the home s primary roof is a more steeply pitched hip roof the porch roof does not need to be the same pitch.
This is made possible through incorporating the gable pitches on half of the porch footprint and finishing the rest with the shed roof.
Shed and gable roofs combined.
By design they offer both width and depth that in many cases a gable or shed roof cannot.
And that is why these are the most common rooflines you ll see on porch company porches.
Let s talk about the pros and cons of each of the four most often used roofs.
Hip roof construction is one of the most popular methods used for both porch and screen porches.
The detached porch below has a metal hip roof.
