Adding a gable roof to your existing roof is a great way to increase the value of your home and proves to be a cost efficient project when you do it yourself.
Gable to gable roof addition.
You will need building help and a large construction dumpster for debris.
The two most adopted techniques for extending a gable roof with shed roof addition are.
Here we will focus on adding length to the end of a house roof.
Either the addition is added to form a t shape to the house with the ridge running perpendicular to the main house roof or the addition is continued on the end of the house making it longer with the ridge running the same way as the existing house.
With some guidance and a few helpful tips your new addition can be a success.
A shed roof as a rear side extension shed roofs are versatile principally because they allow you to cater your proposed extension to your needs.
By adding a rear side extension or by adding a shed roof to the centre of your existing gable roof.
You may need a structural engineer to help with design of trusses and rafters.