Roof, hip definition

Roof, hip means a four-way pitched roof which intersects both at the ridgeline and the hipline. All rafters bearing directly on exterior wall plates and the rafter pitch exceeding three inches in twelve inches.
Roof, hip means a roof with sloping ends and sides.

Examples of Roof, hip in a sentence

  • Roof hip beams and valley beams can be easily designed using the StruCalc Roof Beam module by simply clicking on the box labeled “Hip/Valley Beam”.