Calculation of four-slope roof

The roof is an integral and very important part of any home. This part of the building has many functions. Plus, the roof should also look aesthetically pleasing, harmoniously fit into the design of the house as a whole.

Roofs come in several types. For example: single-pitch roof, dual-pitch roof, four-pitch roof, multi-gable roof, steeple-shaped roof.

Let us dwell on the four-slope roof, clarify its features and consider how to calculate the four-slope roof.

The name "hipped roof" says that this design consists of four slopes. When two of them have the shape of a trapezoid, the other two are triangles, this roof is called hip, by the name of triangular planes (hips). The calculation of the hip roof of the sloping roof lies in the plane of the elementary geometry. It is necessary to know the length of hip rafters, that is, the height of the trapezium, and the height of the triangles that make up the roof structure, the angle of inclination, the parameters of the bases (width, length). According to the available data, we calculate the area of ​​each component by the formulas of the area of ​​a trapezium and the area of ​​a triangle. Then we calculate the sum of all received areas. Having made, thus, the calculation of the hipped roof we get its area.

If the hipped roof consists only of triangular slopes, it is called hip roof. The calculation of the four-slope roof of this type is reduced to the calculation and summation of the areas of all its four triangular ramps.

If it is difficult for you to independently calculate such a roof yourself, on the Internet you can find a lot of convenient online calculators, with the help of which it is easy to calculate the four-sided roof simply by substituting the required data in the necessary columns, or to contact specialists.

It is worth noting that the hipped roof makes the process of building a house more expensive and time consuming. But houses with such roofs look very bright, original and aesthetic. Often, houses with such a roof structure are built in areas where a warm climate prevails. If the climatic conditions of your place of residence differ from the ideal, when building a house with a four-slope roof, add to the estimate the additional costs for special insulation materials.