HELP!!! How should I describe this roof type?

[dtownjbrown]

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[Bill Kibbel]

Unless our resident Architect from NJ corrects me, I would call it cross gabled with a hipped extension over the porch.

[kurt]

In my report, I break roofing sections into categories, i.e., "main roof", "front porch", "garage", etc.

Keeps me from having to name some of the goofy stuff I see.

[Jim Katen]

I'd just call it a cross gable.

There's no need to describe every nuance of it's shape, just enough to convey its basic geometry.

- Jim Katen, Oregon

[Terence McCann]

Originally posted by hausdok

Yeah,

If not for the cross gable, it would be a dutch hip, so, cross-gabled dutch hip? Bleeaacchhh! Sounds like a disease.

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Mike

Isn't that responsible for killing off a lot of Elm trees?

[Terence McCann]

Originally posted by hausdok

Ah yes,

Dutch elm disease! Sorta/Kinda? Nope, not the same.

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Mike

Thanks for the clarification on that Mike! []

[chrisprickett]

Originally posted by Jim Katen

I'd just call it a cross gable.

There's no need to describe every nuance of it's shape, just enough to convey its basic geometry.

- Jim Katen, Oregon

What he said...material type, age, condition, ventilation, etc, are much more relevent (to the buyer) than the precise architectural description.