Labor cost for hip roof would be more then gable. Materials are about the same. Hip roof cost slightly more.
Yes, a gambrel is a form of hip roof.
A hip roof, or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls, usually with a fairly gentle slope. A square hip roof is shaped like a pyramid. Hip roofs on rectangular houses will have two triangular sides and two trapezoidal ones. A hip roof on a rectangular plan has four faces.
With the little info provided all that can be determined is that it is a pitched or sloped roof. If you want to know more, for example, that the roof is a gable or hip construction, your description needs to be more precise.
A hipped roof is a roof that slopes downwards. It has a uniform angle of pitch. To learn more about how to build a hipped roof, one can visit the wikiHow website.
a hip roof is stronger than a gable roof because it braces itself and cannot move from side to side.
To add an addition onto a house of any kind with a hip roof, the addition roof must be shorter than the rest. The hip roof goes all the way down to the eaves.
u lay your shingels level to the hip and cut the excess diagonal off then cover the hip after each side is roofed with a "cap"
Neither is "better" in terms of usefulness or structural efficiency. Hip and gable are primarily responses to design needs. A hip roof is slightly stronger than a gable.
That is a hip roof.
A hip roof has a slope on all four sides. A gable roof only has it on two sides. On the short sides of the house the side wall goes up to the point of the roof.
These days the trussed hip roof is most popular.