Rectangular Pyramid Roof

A pyramid hip roof differs from the more common hip roofs that are built on top of rectangular buildings because it has no ridge beam only a point.

Rectangular pyramid roof.

A pyramid roof is one of the many variations of hip roofs. A regular hip roof sits on a rectangular plan with four faces. The 2 shorter base lengths have smaller sides at a steeper angle. The 2 longer base lengths have larger sides at a lower angle.

Pyramid roofs are a popular choice for a shed gazebos and summerhouses as they are a modern eye catcher and definitely stand out from other roof types. They are built onto a square or rectangular frame. The slope or slant of the roof is almost always the same and hence they are symmetrical at their centerlines. A pyramid roof is a type of hip roof that has four sides that are all triangle shaped and all slope downward.

Select output fraction precision decimal inch or metric mm. Hip roofs essentially lack gables or vertical sides. Just like the name suggests a pyramid roof takes the shape of a pyramid and it is constructed on top of a square or a rectangular base. The longer sides have a trapezoidal shape while the sides at the front and back have a triangular shape and are called hip ends.

The pitch is the number of vertical inches that a roof descends over the span of 12 horizontal inches. 1 pyramid hip roof roof base is a square roof sides are identical isosceles triangles 2 hip roof roof base is a rectangle two sides are identical isosceles triangles and two sides are identical trapeziums.