Rectangular Pyramid Roof

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Rectangular pyramid roof.

A pyramid roof is a type of hip roof that has four sides that are all triangle shaped and all slope downward. The slope or slant of the roof is almost always the same and hence they are symmetrical at their centerlines. Here we consider two types of hipped roofs see picture. 1 pyramid hip roof roof base is a square roof sides are identical isosceles triangles 2 hip roof roof base is a rectangle two sides are identical isosceles triangles and two sides are identical trapeziums.

The 2 shorter base lengths have smaller sides at a steeper angle. A regular hip roof sits on a rectangular plan with four faces. A pyramid hip roof differs from the more common hip roofs that are built on top of rectangular buildings because it has no ridge beam only a point. Hip roofs essentially lack gables or vertical sides.

A pyramid with a rectangular base has different size sides at different angles. Just like the name suggests a pyramid roof takes the shape of a pyramid and it is constructed on top of a square or a rectangular base. The pitch is the number of vertical inches that a roof descends over the span of 12 horizontal inches. A pyramid roof is one of the many variations of hip roofs.

The 2 longer base lengths have larger sides at a lower angle. The longer sides have a trapezoidal shape while the sides at the front and back have a triangular shape and are called hip ends.