In house construction, what is the hip?

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It's that thing that breaks when the house falls and can't get up.

Oct 30, 2016 04:22 AM

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Roy Kelley

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Roof.

Oct 30, 2016 08:52 PM

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Carol Wilson - a roof.

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Carol Wilson

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You have such fine answers!!!

The hip of the roof comes from the ridge (the main spine along the top) out to the edge. Here are two examples, each having 3 visible hips.

Roof hips 1

Roof hips 2

Oct 30, 2016 12:49 PM

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Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate

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Type of roof, or part of a roof.

Oct 30, 2016 12:37 PM

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Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist

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It's a type/style of roof.

Oct 30, 2016 12:08 PM

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Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties

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It is the angle on a roof as opposed to a gable.

Oct 30, 2016 12:06 PM

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Mary Yonkers

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Love the answers here.

Oct 30, 2016 11:30 AM

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Bob Crane

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Though I knew it was a type of roof, I much prefer all the Hip answers here.

Oct 30, 2016 10:37 AM

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Lynnea Miller

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It is a type of roof.

Oct 30, 2016 10:25 AM

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William Feela

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A section of the roof.

Oct 30, 2016 09:50 AM

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Susan Laxson CRS

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I go with Jeff Dowler 's and Barbara Todaro's responses!

Oct 30, 2016 09:48 AM

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Jeff Dowler, CRS

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A style of roof with 4 sides

Oct 30, 2016 09:34 AM

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Jeff Pearl

Samson Properties / LIC in VA - Lovettsville, VA

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Gable ends lean in on hip roofs. They sometimes need to be replaced after 60 years or so!

Oct 30, 2016 07:56 AM

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Wayne Martin

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All sides of the roof slope downward to the walls!

Oct 30, 2016 06:51 AM

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Sandy Padula & Norm Padula, JD, GRI

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The preferred roof line over a gable-end roof since a hip roof has a reduced chance of blow-out during a hurricane

Oct 30, 2016 06:49 AM

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Sybil Campbell

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I have always heard of it as a type of roof!

Oct 30, 2016 06:30 AM

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Barbara Todaro

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a hip is a style of roof.... there are four sides rather that two gable ends.... there is also less head room in the attic space..... but it's a stately look....

Oct 30, 2016 04:37 AM

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Marco Giancola

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A type of roof

Oct 30, 2016 03:39 AM

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Michael Jacobs

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The slope of the roof.

Oct 30, 2016 03:22 AM

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Lyn Sims

Schaumburg, IL

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Hip is the roof type. Might be pitch angle - where is Barbara Todero?

Oct 30, 2016 02:47 AM

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Michael Setunsky

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Carol Wilson Anything to do with a hip roof.

Oct 30, 2016 02:39 AM

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It's that thing that breaks when the house falls and can't get up.
You have such fine answers!!!

The hip of the roof comes from the ridge (the main spine along the top) out to the edge. Here are two examples, each having 3 visible hips.
Though I knew it was a type of roof, I much prefer all the Hip answers here.
Gable ends lean in on hip roofs. They sometimes need to be replaced after 60 years or so!
The preferred roof line over a gable-end roof since a hip roof has a reduced chance of blow-out during a hurricane
a hip is a style of roof.... there are four sides rather that two gable ends.... there is also less head room in the attic space..... but it's a stately look....
Hip is the roof type. Might be pitch angle - where is Barbara Todero?