BUILDING CONSTRUCTION 



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Roofs. The roof types most used in the construction 

 of farm buildings are: shed, broken gable, gable, curb or 

 gambrel, half -monitor, full-monitor, hip, and mansard. 

 (See Figs. 253 and 254.) 



Shed roof. The shed roof can be used on buildings up to 

 18 feet in width that do not require walls of uniform height. 

 It is suitable for single corncribs, granaries, machine sheds, 

 chicken houses, hog houses having a single row of pens, and 

 other minor buildings. When this roof is used on a building 

 that is protecting animals, 

 the high side should be 

 toward the south. On a 

 building that is used 

 for storage the low side 

 should face the direction 

 of the prevailing winds 

 and severe storms. 



Broken gable. The 

 broken gable can be used 

 on buildings up to 28 feet 

 in width and should face 

 in the same direction as 

 the shed roof. This type 

 of roof is suitable for 

 machine sheds and chick- 

 en houses. 



Gable. The gable roof 

 with or without dormers 

 is used in buildings of 

 any size that require walls 

 of uniform height and is 

 the common form for all of 

 the larger farm buildings. 

 In localities of heavy snowfall the ridge of the roof should 

 run north and south in order to facilitate the melting of the 

 snow by the sun. 



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 Fig. 253. 



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Types of roof s 



