
Roofing tips and a tour of a typical gable type roof. Be sure to maintain your roof in order to minimize roofing cost. For more helpful information on roofing maintenance, please visit our web site at: roofing-cost.com From wikipedia A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of a sloping roof. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system being used (which is often related to climate and availability of materials) and aesthetic concerns. Thus the type of roof enclosing the volume dictates the shape of the gable. In Classic Greek and Roman architecture, the analogous feature is called the tympanum. Strictly speaking, the tympanum is the infill area, often triangular, of the pediment, which also consists of the raking cornice or ends of the sloped roofs (which may appear to bear, but do not actually bear on the tympanum - the fact that many tympana bear intricate and expensive carvings declaring the building's purpose is evidence of its non-structural role), and the cornice proper, which bears on the architrave, which in turn is supported at points by columns of a colonnade. The Saitta House, Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, New York built in 1899 has many prominent gables. A variation of the gable is a crow-stepped gable, which has a stair-step design to accomplish the sloping portion. Crow stepped gables were used in Scotland and England as early as the seventeenth century. Examples of the crow stepped gable can be <b>...</b>
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