Can bonnet hip tiles be used on gable ends

[ey143]

One side of my detached house has a gable end and the other a sloping side. Can we use bonnet hip edge tiles on both sides?

 

[mfarrow]

I think you would struggle to fix them securely. There will be a way, it's whether you can find a roofer willing to do it.

It would be a non-standard install.

 

[ey143]

Would it look odd do you think?

 

[tony1851]

They are not intended for gable ends.
No reputable roofer would even attempt to fix them.

 

[terrypin]

As Tony said.
I don't think you'd get any company to do it, reputable or not.

Even if you knew a way to secure them, It'd look hideous.

 

[ey143]

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So facing the house, I can't put them on the left side gable. Would it look odd to have them on just the right side then?

Anywhere else on the front elevation?

 

[terrypin]

I don't understand the fascination with them.
The main roof is limited as to where they'll fit(one hip)to the right.

The gable is a no go.

 

[tony1851]

On that elevation, the only places where you could fit bonnet hip tiles are on the ground floor bay window/porch roofs, and also the extreme bottom-right part of your main roof.
Nowhere else.

 

[ey143]

The three triangles on the front roof plane - are they called gables as well or are they dormers. Sorry these terms are still new to me.

 

[terrypin]

If I were you I'd go to a hypnotist, get bonnets out of your head.


Or have you bought 3000 off Gumtree and want to find a use for them?

 

[ey143]

Lol. The architect...sorry architectural technician mentioned in the planning app to have them on the bay window and porch. I didn't know what they were til I looked them up and was wondering why he didn't put them on the main roof until now.

On a side note, the house is/was an arts and crafts house. Aside from jokingly saying there's some hideous looking things on there already, I was also considering double crest ridge tiles.

The street scene is one of character detached houses all of different styles and periods with some having these double crest tiles.

Looking at the drawing, do you think these would fit with the style of the house?

 

[Nige F]

If I were you I'd go to a hypnotist, get bonnets out of your head.

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I'd go to a clairvoyant and ask Charles Rennie Mackintosh about arts+ crafts

 

[stuart45]

The three triangles on the front roof plane - are they called gables as well or are they dormers. Sorry these terms are still new to me.

In my area they are called Cross Gables.

 

[noseall]

In my area they are called Cross Gables.

What, like an angry gable?

 

[ey143]

Double crest ridge tiles? Would they match do you think?