Extending Side Gable Roof

The roof must be made only of light roofing material.

Extending side gable roof.

Lay the insulation layer on both sides. Waterproofing of the roof begins with laying the waterproofing material from the outer side and then the vapor barrier is installed from inside. Principles of insulating a gable roof. However you can have an understanding of the work being done or even do it yourself if you have prior experience with roofing projects.

After installing the rafters we still had to extend the porch roof back over the shed roof creating a valley on either side. The gable roof on the porch addition was framed with a dropped structural ridge supporting the common rafters above. That s a simple low cost solution that can tie in well with the main house. Since the rafter has no bottom chord to sit on it must have a birds mouth cut into the bottom side of the rafter so it has a flat place to sit down on the wall.

Now the rafter also has a vertical heel cut that instead of sitting above the wall actually sits down beside the wall. If you re adding to the gable end of the house the side wall that goes up to the roof s peak it s fairly easy to extend the existing roofline over the new space says curt schultz a realtor architect builder in pasadena calif. Extending a gable roof can be tricky since it involves working on the roof but you may be able to do it yourself if you only need to add 1 2 2 inches 1 3 5 1 cm. Several methods exist based on the current roof design.

Adding a gable roof to an existing roof is no small project and is best left to the professionals. When the wall on one side of the roof is higher than the wall on the other side the roof style is called a saltbox l or t shaped houses which feature a section extending perpendicular to the main part of the house may feature cross gabled roofs. Insulation is the main feature of the attic roof construction. Extending one side of a gable hello all i m fairly new to revit and i m wondering what would be the best way to handle a case pictured where i want to extend the gable roof created over the front door to the wall hosting the front door blue.