Determine the locations for your roof support posts.
How to build a gable roof addition.
Then load bearing roof beams fixed to the trusses are extended in the same way.
Adding one or more dormer windows to a gable roof is an age old way of adding living space to cramped quarters.
When you nail in the second boards offset the seams of the upper and lower layers by at least 24 in 61 cm.
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 the first boards on top of your wall where you plan to build your roof.
Tying in to an existing gable roof.
Use 8 penny nails to attach the first 2 in 4 in 5 1 cm 10 2 cm board to the wall studs.
Building up or finishing the attic is what it s often called.
For the arrangement of the gable end overhang for the standard roof you lengthen the ridge beam beyond the facade for previously verified length using cut rafters.
Rather than a single slope a gable roof consists of two slopes that meet at a peak running down the middle of the roof.
Nail 2 boards onto your walls as top plates.
Mark these locations on the deck and cutout areas in the deck at these spots to be able to dig a hole in the ground below the deck set a concrete footing and attach the posts.
Butt the first new truss against the old one.