Dutch Gable (Boston Gable): Wednesday’s Word Of The Week
A Dutch Gable (also known as a Boston Gable) is a cross between a gable roof and a hip roof. For the lower portion of the roof (around the eaves) it looks like a hip roof, but for the upper portion of the roof the ridge ends in a gable.
This can be a tricky style of roof to frame in glulam. The gable wall where the ridge ends is heavily loaded, so must be a primary frame location capable of supporting the main roof and low hip roof.
*Each Wednesday our structural engineer, Rik Vandermeulen, discusses a new term associated with glulam manufacturing. He will do this until we run out of words. If there is a timber or glulam term that you have heard of and want to know more about, let us know in the comments.