Low Slope Hip Roof

A hip roof or a hipped roof is a style of roofing that slopes downwards from all sides to the walls and hence has no vertical sides.

Low slope hip roof.

Typically a low slope roof is made up of continuous roofing materials such as built up and single ply roofing. Zoning can also vary based on roof slope and geometry e g low slope versus steep slope or gable roof versus hip roof. The chesapeake 10 has the low pitched hip roofs dormers and large overhangs supported by large paired decorative brackets that is one of the identifiers of this style. The front porch with its masonry piers topped by squat stylized columns were common in four square homes.

For low slope roofs wind pressures typically have the greatest magnitude at the roof perimeter and corners. Each of the four sides of the roof slope downward there are no upright or vertical parts no gables etc on a hip roof. Simply locate a roof rafter board place the end of the level against the bottom edge and measure. Not pretty but effective low slope roofs go from flat to a slope of one in four meaning the roof rises vertically 4 inches for each 12 inches of horizontal run.

A hip roof design refers to a roof where the roof sides slope downwards from a middle peak with the rafter ends meeting the exterior walls of the house. They re far more common in commercial buildings than residential. Modern residential hip roof construction uses common pitch ratios in general. The most common hip roof pitch ratios fall between 4 12 and 6 12 although variations occur based on factors such as snow rain and wind conditions which is because steeper hip roof pitch ratios allow for less accumulations of snow and rain on the roof and lower ratios provide less wind resistance.

Steep slope roofs have the greatest pressures in the perimeter and corners as well as the roof peak and eaves. It would have to be redone or coated in eight to ten years if not sooner.