How To Attach Gable Roof To Gable End Of House

If you decide on a shallow pitch porch roof use 2 by 6 foot rafters.

How to attach gable roof to gable end of house. Gable end details for closed eaves. The porch roof may match the pitch of your home or have a more shallow roof pitch. 6160 220 square foot roof cover with oil staingreat spot to relax entertaingable with straight tudor 4988 approx. The ledger should be attached.

Butt the first new truss against the old one. Use screws to secure the rafter to the sill plate. 14 x14 gable without stain stain is 500 gable with curved cut end matches concrete curvetypical gable cedar wall to hide roofinside gable curved tudor on center collar tiegable in horseshoe alcove cricket valleys. Joist hangers can help you mount each rafter to the house.

Continue to measure 2 x 4 s to allow nailing at each truss until you reach the end of your roof and add the additional 6 inches and 1 1 2 inches for that end. The ledger typically a 2 by 6 is usually designed to hold one end of the patio roof rafters. The positioning of your rafters will depend on the pitch of the porch roof. Next cut out slots in rafters so a 2 x 4 will sit flush with it on the cap plate.

A house attached patio roof takes advantage of the house s structure by supporting one end of the roof on a ledger mounted horizontally to the house. Locating and mounting the ledger is normally a fairly easy process. Tying in to an existing gable roof tie into the end of an existing gable roof by removing existing facing boards wall siding and any other obstructions back to the first truss of the old roof. Nail it near the peak of the trusses.

Here we will focus on adding length to the end of a house roof. Then mount new trusses on the new addition walls. Either the addition is added to form a t shape to the house with the ridge running perpendicular to the main house roof or the addition is continued on the end of the house making it longer with the ridge running the same way as the existing house.