Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 162
CARPENTRY 111 Pitch or Gable Roof. Next to the simple lean-to roof with asingle sloping surface comes the ordinary pitch or gable roof, whichhas two sloping surfaces one on each side of the center line of thebuilding, coming together at the ridge in the middle. This form of … Fig. 1G3. Pitch or Gable Roof roof, which is shown in Fig. 163, is very common and is also quitesimple in design, and economical in construction, so that it has beenvery popular indeed for all classes of buildings except very largestructures and city buildings. The slope of the roof, that is,…
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