Pyramid Hip Roof Truss

All four sides of the roof are equally hipped at all corners and they meet at a single centralized peak forming a distinct pyramid.

Pyramid hip roof truss.

Step 1 pick the pitch of the roof you are building. A hip roof on a rectangular plan has four faces. They are almost always at the same pitch or slope which makes them symmetrical about the centerlines. 1 pyramid hip roof roof base is a square roof sides are identical isosceles triangles 2 hip roof roof base is a rectangle two sides are identical isosceles triangles and two sides are identical trapeziums.

A square hip roof is shaped like a pyramid. The gable portion of a dutch hip roof is usually placed at the end of the roof ridge and sits on top of the plane of the hip roof. Hip roofs on houses could have two triangular sides and two trapezoidal ones. A dutch hip roof is a combination of both the hip roof and gable roof features.

A hipped roof laid on top of a square structure creates a pyramid hip roof or the pavilion roof. It is sometimes also referred to as a dutch gable roof precisely because it contains both roof style features. Hip roofs essentially lack gables or vertical sides. A pyramid hip roof differs from the more common hip roofs that are built on top of rectangular buildings because it has no ridge beam only a point.

These pyramid roof structures are usually found atop gazebos and other pavilion buildings. A pyramid hip roof is built on a square building with four triangular sides that meet at a point at the top.