{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.gable-roof","code":"thing-q149617","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q149617/","name":"gable roof","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"research-draft","version":"0.2.0-wave.2","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"","entryKind":"","plane":"","domain":["PHY.BLT"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"A pitched roof with two sloping sides meeting at a ridge and forming a triangular gable wall at each end, the most common roof form in many regions, with variants such as flush gables where the roof ends at the wall face, rake-overhanging gables where the roof projects beyond the gable wall, and steep, shallow, cross and front-facing gables; gable roofs are simple to build and shed water and snow well but are exposed to wind uplift at the gables.","purpose":"Let an agent explain gable roofs and their variants and construction, compare them with other roof forms, 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