Roof Styles

HoofRocks

Hi All

Were currently designing our house, have met the architect and looking at different options.

Were deciding on our roof style now.

Generally, how much more expensive is it to have a hipped roof or cross gabled roof to the front compared to a straight normal roof?

Were building a dormer bungalow that will either be converted from the start, or later on, either way we want to get our roof style right and just wondering which layout would give the most room upstairs and be least expensive to construct?

Thanks for the opinions..

sydthebeat

A hipped roof gives less space than a gabled roof and is more expensive to build.

design guidelines will probably have more of an impact on what roof style you can have.

hipped roofs are not generally not accepted in rural locations anymore.

Dont equate 'design' with cost.... good design will always be worth far more than the cost to build it.

HoofRocks

Thanks for the reply Syd

Architect says we would be able to have a straight roof or a cross gabled roof.

We think we might go with the cross gabled option. would this allow greater space than a straight roof upstairs do you think.

sydthebeat

by making the foot print less 'shoe box' and having more of narrow plan form, the more you can uitilise the first floor area.

for example a 9 m deep rectangular plan may give 60% of the same area again in a dormer first floor plan....

however if you have a narrower plan form, say 5 m, the you can use 100% of the first floor area and still keep the same ridge height.

example: shoebox dormer

example: cruciform dormer