Roof and dormer types

[rlewis5 (Roy Lewis, CERTIFIED MASTER INSPECTOR RETIRED)]

@lkage

Yes?..

Seriously, it is a gable that does not rise to a point but the upper roof sides slope back toward the gable wall.

An old carpenter that took my young arse under his wing, when I was starting out in building, called them a jerkhead roof, if I remember correctly. He said it was called that because people would jerk their head or do a double take on looking at the gable because it was so strange.

I still call it a jerkinhead roof.