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  • July 11, 2018 at 7:35 pm #23013
    johnbarryjohnbarry
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      What would this be classed as when it’s part of your property,  Apex, Gable ?

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      July 11, 2018 at 9:09 pm #23017
      PlaneManPlaneMan
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        I’d call it a gable end. No idea if that’s right though.

        July 11, 2018 at 9:20 pm #23018
        The DukeThe Duke
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          I’m not sure either. Maybe a gable window.

          July 11, 2018 at 9:28 pm #23019
          johnbarryjohnbarry
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            Cheers both

            Maybe it doesn’t have a name.

             

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            July 12, 2018 at 9:23 am #23036
            dwynnehughdwynnehugh
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              John, I have just asked a builder who is doing some work on our house, he’s seen the photo and says it is a ‘gable’.  Hope that helps?

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              July 12, 2018 at 10:01 am #23039
              Ed PEd P
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                Wikipedia is your friend. The triangular bit is the ‘gable’ , the whole bit including the piece below is a ‘gable-end’ or ‘gable wall’ link. Depending which way it faces, the building itself might be described as ‘front gabled’, ‘side gabled’ etc.

                July 12, 2018 at 1:18 pm #23043
                The DukeThe Duke
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                  I’m sure he knows what a gable end is, I took the question to mean, is there a name for a small bay like outcrop with a gable end/gable upper.

                  As it is a gable end, yet isn’t actually the end of the house.

                  To me it’s like a mixture of a dorma gable style window, that is closer to a bay window set up, but without the actually ‘bay’ window.

                  Is call it an outcrop gable end. As a gable end typically refers to the side of a building that ends with a peak, as appose to a hip roof upper. The gable is preferred for space in the loft over a hip style. Plus it’s simpler and cheaper to build.

                  July 12, 2018 at 9:07 pm #23053
                  johnbarryjohnbarry
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                    Wiki says A triangular portion of an end wall between the edges of a sloping roof.

                    This isn’t at the end it’s at the front (just next to the front door). So it adds confusion as to Gable it has a roof  (as wiki) but it’s within a roof then a window not a wall.

                    Could it even be a Gable Front.

                    To add salt it’s a bedroom.

                     

                     

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                    July 12, 2018 at 9:15 pm #23055
                    The DukeThe Duke
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                      So the front portion of it is called a gable end. Now when you follow the roof back to where it keys into the main roof, that’s called a valley roof or gully in some places.

                      Really we are just naming the roof shapes and joins. The oppersite to a valley roof is a hip roof.

                      So you have an out crop that holds a window, which joins to the main house roof by a valley roof, that terminates with a gable end, that holds the window.

                      That’s about ad close as I could describe it. But anyone in the know, should be able to scetch a decent interpretation of your set up, just from my paragraph.

                      Does that outcrop have an actual name? Maybe, but I’m not sure. But it’s not a gable front. A gable end is the shape and term action of the building. What orientation it is doesn’t matter. It could house your front door, and it would still be an ‘end’.

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