What is a gambel roof?

The gambrel roof is a double -sided roof with a central ridge. Each side has two slope surfaces. The upper surface is shorter and has a gentle slope of about 30 degrees, while the lower surface is longer and has a sharper slope of about 60 degrees. Gambrel roof cutlands are made with shorter pieces of timber connected, rather than very long pieces of lumber needed for roofs such as frame A.

The Gambrel roof advantage is that it provides a surface that is very resistant to weather damage. At the same time, the gambrrel roof provides a large amount of interior space. Because the weight of the roof is supported by trusses that direct the voltage to the outer walls of the building, the inner walls or the columns carrying the weight are not unnecessary.

The name for the Gambrel roof can come for the middle English word gambril that referred to a "connected or crooked stick" and could also be written as a gamrel or gameral. In the 17th century, the word gambrrel was ever usedA hood for horse holes, joint in the back leg of the animal that gives the leg its crooked look.

However, it was named, the gambrel roof was popular in Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries, and there are written records of buildings with the roof of Gambel in North America in 1737. This type of roof was prominent in the Dutch colonial building and appeared in colonial recovery buildings. Sometimes the roof was extended to the considerable end of the building and at each end it formed a protected area under the overhang.

On the Midwest, the Gambrel roof was often used on hay. Its popularity explains enough storage space allowed by the shape of the roof gambrel. For such a long time, it is so often used that in some areas the gambrel roof is called a "barn roof".

The gambrel roof one comes popular again. Dormers are often set in the roof to allow windows. Sometimes prolongedá roof at large windows at the ends. Large, open, clearly lit interiors give homeowners enough usable space.