Gable Roof Extension Framing

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.

Gable roof extension framing.

At the low end of the valley the subfascias of the two roofs are mitered with a block filling in the roof framing. A stick framed roof will have a rafter member looking something like this. After that you should fix the cornice board to the end sides of the ridge and the load bearing beams. After they re up you can snap a line to mark and trim the tails in a nice straight line to make up for any ridge warp or marking cutting and fixing errors.

If your house was built using roof trusses then it will look like this above the outside wall of your house. Here there are you can see one of our framing a porch roof gable gallery there are many picture that you can found we think you must click them too. Then load bearing roof beams fixed to the trusses are extended in the same way. The two different roof framing styles.

Framing the gable ends 1 nail 2 boards onto your walls as top plates. Gable roof step by step. Wall plates and joists set out the wall plates to whatever centers you need for your gable roof 400 450 600 or 900 governed by the weight of roof covering ie tiles and cut fix the joists so they are parallel to each other and flush with the back edge of the wall plates. You ll notice the difference in how the boards are cut to sit on the wall and create overhang.

After the gable is framed lookouts extend from the first rafter inside the gable wall out over the plates to support the overhanging barge rafter. Stick frame trusses. Use 8 penny nails to attach the first 2 in 4 in 5 1 cm 10 2 cm board to the wall studs. Gable roof framing calculator plan diagram with full dimensions for a good straight fascia add an extra inch or 2 to the tails of all your rafters total length.

To transition the eaves the horizontal fascia extends to the last rafter tail and a vertical return finishes the transition.