How To Add A Peak On A Roof

When matched to the angle and proportions of other rooflines on the house your gable roof will add visual interest and character to the home making the addition look like an asset that belongs with the house.

How to add a peak on a roof.

Cut two rafters with a circular saw to the pitch of the addition roof and nail them across the rafters on the old roof. Step 3 prepare the materials. Once the trusses soffit and fascia are in place lay the roofing felt in place. They form an upside down v with the point at the top of the addition roof.

Cut it to size using a box knife and install with a staple gun. Step 5 replace roofing. The rise or height of the roof at its peak is the altitude of the triangle. Create the slot by cutting through the sheathing along each chalk line on either side of the peak.

Rather than a single slope a gable roof consists of two slopes that meet at a peak running down the middle of the roof. Now you can begin shingling your roof preferably with asphalt shingles. And the line length measurement from the roof peak to the building wall is the hypotenuse. Nail the shingles to the felt starting from the outside in and cutting to fit when you reach a corner or edge.

Start by installing tar paper on top of the plywood. Adding pitch to a flat roof. Step 4 re sheath roof. Nail the trusses into the existing room fasteners.

Set the power saw s blade depth to the thickness of the sheathing and any remaining shingles about 3 4 inches to 1 inch. The total run is the distance from the peak to the edge of the roof which in this case is the total width divided in half which is equal to 10 feet or 120 inches. For your first row of shingle at the bottom of the roof place a shingle piece with the solid side overhanging the drip edge feels upside down by 1 4 and install using roofing nails. The run or half the building span is the base of the triangle.

Step 1 calculate the roof span. The framing of a basic gable roof is based on a right angle triangle and the various roof framing components fit the triangle.