HIP TRUSS
A hip roof is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls.
Hip roofs have a consistent level fascia.
- Hip Roofs have the advantage of giving a compact, solid appearance to a structure.
- One advantage of a hip roof is that it has eaves all round.
- These eaves protect the walls from the weather and help to shade the walls (and the windows in them) from the sun.
- A hip roof is self-bracing. It does not need the same amount of diagonal bracing (wind bracing) that a gable roof requires.