The document discusses different types of roofs. It defines a roof as the top covering of a building that provides protection from weather. It then lists 13 common types of roofs - shed, gable, saw tooth, double gable, hip, hip and valley, pyramid, gambrel, ogee, mansard, french mansard, dome, and conical. Each type of roof has a distinct shape and design for how the roof slopes and meets at ridges.

1. T.L.E 60 Basic Carpentry and Plumbing ROOF

2. Roof - is the top covering of a building that serves as a protective covering from weather.

3. Materials for Roofing: Fiber Wood Metal Slate Tiles Reinforcement Concrete Plastic Fiber Glass

4. Types of Roof

5. Shed or lean to Roof - Is considered as the simplest form of roof consisting one single slope.

6. 2. Gable or Pitch Roof - It is the most common type of roof made of triangular sections consisting of two slopes meeting at the center of the ridge forming a gable.

7. 3. Saw Tooth Roof - It is the development of the shed made into a series of lean to roof covering one building.

8. 4. Double Gable Roof - Is a modification of a gable or a hip and valley roof.

9. 5. Hip Roof - Is also a common form used in modern houses having straight side all sloping towards the center of the building terminating at the ridge.

10. 6. Hip and Valley Roof - Is a combination of a hip roof and an intersecting gable roof forming a T or L-shaped building.

11. 7. Pyramid Roof - Is a modification of the hip roof wherein the four straight side are sloping towards the center terminating at a point.

12. 8. Gambrel Roof - Is a modification of a gable roof with each side having two slopes.

13. 9.Ogee Roof - It is a pyramid having steep sides sloping to the center.

14. 10. Mansard Roof - The side steeply from each side of the building towards the center forming a flat deck on top.

15. 11. French or Concave Mansard Roof - Is a modification of the mansard roof where the side are concave.

16. 12.Dome - It is a hemispherical form of roof usually used in observatories.

17. 13. Conical Roof - It is a steep roof of circular section that tapers uniformly from the circular base to the center point.

18. 14. Butterfly Roof - It is a two shed roof where the slope met at the center of the building.

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