Description: Without even knowing it, you were able to draw a gable roof ever since you were a little kid, that’s how popular this style is. Gable roofs are the most common ones in modern architecture ...

Gable is the commonest style. The design involves two sides of a roof coming together at the peak to form a ridge. PHOTOs/Ismail Kezaala. The style one settles for relies on a variety of factors.

Fixing design flaws in gable-roofed homes could cost more than $1-billion. That's a bargain compared to the potential price of ignoring the problem. The flaws of gable-roof construction, exposed so ...