A mansard roof also known as a french roof is a four sided roof with a double slope on each side that meet forming a low pitched roof.
Cheapest roof style to build nz.
The sides can either be flat or curved depending on the style.
With a hip roof the cladding goes to the window head height which is usually about 2 05mm depending on the roof pitch.
Weather elements don t have much of a chance building up on this style of roof.
The list goes on and on throughout construction.
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In new zealand there are lots of different styles of roof you can choose from but the most popular styles are hip gale and mono pitched.
The hipped roof style has all sides equal in length forming together at the ridge of the roof to resemble a pyramid often seen in the older new zealand weatherboard villas.
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At fraemohs we can and do build houses with the hip and gable roof design.
Across the country as land prices continue generally to increase many of our clients are wanting to build a new home that is still modern and well.
A simple front to back gable roof is less expensive to build than a complex multiple pitch hip roof.
The obvious drawback to a frames is that walls are slanted and so anything that a wall is typically used for is hard to do with an a frame on at least 2 of the walls.
One of the cheapest cladding materials available.
Plus overall space is likely less though there is the vaulted ceiling and so a loft is possible.
Consistent with gable roofs the increased height of a hip roof allows ceiling space for storage attics or raked ceilings.
The hip and gable styles are the most economical.
The lower slope is much steeper than the upper.
However because we like to be a bit different as we have always been we build a lot of homes with the monopitch roof style.
Also it s super cheap.
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A combination roof is quite literally a combination of types of roofs.
A clerestory and hip roof for example.
This collection of cost efficient home designs offers a tasteful selection of plans that comparatively speaking would cost less to build than many other homes of the same square footage built.