Help with Cornice / Mansard Roof We have a mansard roof with a cornice on it in Chicago. This is a 6-flat building on a very narrow lot in the city.

The roof was tar and gravel and the deck was a series of 4-by-4-foot redwood panels. The panels were made of 2-by-2 redwood strips screwed to 2-by-4-inch redwood boards.

What exactly is a mansard roof? I know one to see one, but what does it mean? Turns out it is named for François Mansart (also spelled Mansard), a 17th century French architect whose styles were ...

Despite higher installation and maintenance costs, the style is ‘highly regarded’ by homeowners This mansard-roof Victorian in Sparkhill, N.Y., is listed for $5.5 million. Ian Nelson ...