Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 6/20/07 12:46 PM, "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net> typed: > Gambrel...... > > Gambrel roof : A ridged roof with two slopes on either side, the lower > slope having the steeper pitch. > > Gamble.... > > Gamble Roof..... A roof of considerable age or lesser quality. Requiring > mucho dineros to bring up to waterproof stage. Usually on a house > purchased > by young couples, or first time buyers. > > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > The term "Gamble house" is used to describe the house I lived in in > Portland > for 20 years a house with a roof shaped like a barn. > > A "Gamble roof" maybe > > I don't know > Its a toss up. > > > Mark William Rabiner > Harlem, NY > > > Yes this is it I was wrong the second time to. And had been for decades I got it wrong when first heard it from the architect next door. He either said the wrong thing or I heard him wrong. I think it was me. Bum that I am. Gambrel This illustrates it. A http://www.cmhpf.org/kids/Guideboox/RoofTypes.html A gable roof at the top is a regular boring roof. Not a barn roof like I've been telling people for 20 years. At the very bottom is the Gambrel. Barn like. Attracts swallows. The drawings are so quaint like you drew them yourself! With your left hand! But could have been an insidious alien skin filter in a crunching CAD program. Mark William Rabiner Harlem, NY rabinergroup.com