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Gable or Hip Roof ??????

  • 08-11-2015 2:16pm
    #1
    jj79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16 ✭


    Hi all, just looking for some help in relation to a gable or hip roof. I am in the process of getting plans drawn up for a house. the house will be max 2300 square foot and is out the country. Just wondering if anyone has any feedback in relation to which of these roofs would be the best to go for in relation to cost etc thanks


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  • #2
    Bonzo Delaney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,577 ✭✭✭Bonzo Delaney


    jj79 wrote: »
    Hi all, just looking for some help in relation to a gable or hip roof. I am in the process of getting plans drawn up for a house. the house will be max 2300 square foot and is out the country. Just wondering if anyone has any feedback in relation to which of these roofs would be the best to go for in relation to cost etc thanks

    Aesthetically I always preferred the hip roof.
    But cost wise a gable roof is more cost effective also worth bearing in mind while designing your house a gable ended house will give you a lot more scope for an attic conversion/3rd story later on. Just make sure the joists and rafters are rightly sized from the outset.


  • #3
    Metric Tensor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,725 ✭✭✭Metric Tensor


    I much prefer the look of gables myself.

    I would also agree with Bonzo that they provide a lot more flexibility at attic level than hips.

    I have no idea cost wise which is best but I don't think you should base this decision on cost. The two different roof types dramatically change the look of a house.


  • #4
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,366 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    I'm a gable fan myself


  • #5
    Buona Fortuna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭Buona Fortuna


    Hi OP

    What's the wind like in your neck of the woods?

    I live in the wild west and we have a hip roof. Never lost so much as a tile. Next door not so much and they regularly lose the odd one every couple of years.


  • #6
    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    Gable

    What county ? Have you consulted the local planning guidelines?

    Rural Irish average houses Traditional didn't have hipped roofs.


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  • #7
    BarneyMc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,504 ✭✭✭BarneyMc


    Was in the Museum of Country Life in Castlebar the other week and saw a piece on this. Hip roofs were more common in the west and south of the country years ago. However we're talking about different times and different sizes of houses!!

    For me a gable looks the part in rural areas and can be made clean and tidy without the plastic stuff!


  • #8
    galwaytt
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    Gables, all day long. If for no other reason than cost.

    Half-hips' are the work of the devil completely.

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  • #9
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 42,172 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    Depends on the style of the house.
    High pitched hips look wrong, as do low pitched gables.


  • #10
    jj79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16 ✭jj79


    thank you very much for the advice guys


  • #11
    BarneyMc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,504 ✭✭✭BarneyMc


    jj79 wrote: »
    thank you very much for the advice guys

    Which are you going for?


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  • #12
    jj79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16 ✭jj79


    I am going to go for the gable roof, at least I have the option of further expansion and they look pretty good too


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