Framing Gable Roof Addition

Nail 2 boards onto your walls as top plates.

Framing gable roof addition.

Use 8 penny nails to attach the first 2 in 4 in 5 1 cm 10 2 cm board to the wall studs. When you nail in the second boards offset the seams of the upper and lower layers by at least 24 in 61 cm. Roof framing is one of those carpenter skills that appears quite complicated and indeed some roof designs are difficult. House addition finished roof framing day 23 duration.

Shed gable hip gambrel and mansard. The gable roof on the porch addition was framed with a dropped structural ridge supporting the common rafters above. Nsm construction 99 578 views. Adding a gable roof addition to your house will require one type of framing.

How to frame a gable wall roof framing part 5 duration. Another common design in the northeast is the saltbox which is a gable roof with one longer side. Take careful measurements to determine how many trusses you will need. Once you can reach the heel carefully measure the height of it vertically at the outside corner of the wall to within 1 8 inch.

Again choosing the easy way out we opted to build blind valleys aka california valleys where one intersecting roof is built on top of the other. First you ll need to determine where your new gable roof will tie into the existing roof. Roofs are basically five types. Another way would be to pull off some siding at the top of the wall on the gable end right where you are going to be starting the addition.