Talk:Gambrel

message: There was a claim in the article that a symmetrical gambrel was half a decagon.  A gambrel has four line segments, while a decagon has ten.  It can not, therefore, be half.  It could be half of an octagon, but that's a pointless statement anyway. — wfaulk 22:08, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Decagon 

message: Since the word "gambrel" by itself means something different, I propose moving this article to Gambrel roof.--Boson (talk) 23:08, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move to Gambrel roof? 

message: : A gambrel roof is a type of roof similar to a hip roof but with gables forming the top part of the end slopes.
The type of roof described in this sentence is not illustrated by the accompanying pictures, nor does it accurately reflect what most people consider to be a gambrel, which is shown in the pictures. NB that the pictures do not show any sort of roof hips at all. A gambrel roof is also similar to a unicorn except for the ways it doesn't resemble a unicorn in any way what-so-ever.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.230.30.196 (talk) 16:03, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Like a Hip Roof? 

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thread_title:  Copyright problem removed 

message: The explanation of the difference between a gambrel roof and a mansard roof isn't immediately clear. While there is a wikilink to the latter, the clearest explanation I've seen is in Mansard roof#Identification [references deleted here]:
:Two distinct traits of the mansard roof – steep sides and a double pitch – sometimes lead to it being confused with other roof types.  Since the upper slope of a mansard roof is rarely visible from the ground, a conventional single-plane roof with steep sides may be misidentified as a mansard roof. The gambrel roof style, commonly seen in barns in North America, is a close cousin of the mansard. Both mansard and gambrel roofs fall under the general classification of "curb roofs" (a pitched roof that slopes away from the ridge in two successive planes).  However, the mansard is a curb hip roof, with slopes on all sides of the building, and the gambrel is a curb gable roof, with slopes on only two sides.  (The curb is a horizontal, heavy timber directly under the intersection of the two roof surfaces.) French roof is often used as a synonym for a mansard but is also defined as an American variation of a mansard with the lower pitches nearly vertical and larger in proportion to the upper pitches.
:A significant difference between the two, for snow loading and water drainage, is that, when seen from above, Gambrel roofs culminate in a long, sharp point at the main roof beam, whereas mansard roofs always form a low-pitched roof.
Could this, or part of it, be incorporated or transcluded here? --Thnidu (talk) 18:04, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  vs. Mansard roof