Hip: Wednesday’s Word Of The Week
A building “hip” is the sloped joint along which two roofs meet. If the two roofs are opposite each other, they would meet at a ridge, but if they are perpendicular (or another angle) to each other, they meet along a sloped line called the hip.
While a simple gable roof has two gable sides and two eave sides, a hip roof has eaves on all sides.
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| Pavilion with curved 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.