Overbuild Roof Framing

The exposed edges of the 3 layers of rigid insulation are no longer exposed.

Overbuild roof framing.

Replacing a roof can be expensive but if a roof contains only a small slope it s possible to raise the roof pitch of a house by building a roof over the old one. Up from the valley center. A third gable roof is joined to a main roof in an overbuild remodeling situation. Re lay the shingles you removed from the existing roof.

Hip or valley rafter. A third gable roof is joined to a main roof in an overbuild remodeling situation. The option would to frame it true meaning the joining roofs would share a common connection ie. 1 8 pitch is given so 24 x 1 8 equals 3 or unit of rise in inches.

Nail 2 boards onto your walls as top plates. Nail the first boards on top of your wall where you plan to build your roof. Shingle the addition roof letting the new shingles fold through the valley center and onto the old roof deck by at least 1 ft. 1030 automatic framing exposed rafter tails sub fascia and sheathing.

Use 8 penny nails to attach the first 2 in 4 in 5 1 cm 10 2 cm board to the wall studs. 10016 chief architect quick tip roof design. Box beam gable framing new gable overhang is framed in the form of a box beam hanging off of a new layer of roof plywood roof sheathing cantilevered over the top of the 3 layers of rigid insulation. This new roof with a higher pitch can be accomplished with premade roof trusses and typical asphalt shingles.

Use of rafters trusses and a truss base polyline are demonstrated. When you nail in the second boards offset the seams of the upper and lower layers by at least 24 in 61 cm. Bed the end of each shingle in a 2 in wide ribbon of roofing cement placed 4 in. Over frame means just that you over frame another roof on top of another roof.

Use of rafters trusses and a truss base polyline are demonstrated.