Frame Roof Addition

Sheathing blocking is added along the valley and the sheathing pieced in for both roof planes.

Frame roof addition.

This is the simplest solution a single slope that s attached to the original house at the high point and slants down to the outer wall of the addition. A screen can be added for an additional cost of 3 000 to 4 000. The gable roof on the porch addition was framed with a dropped structural ridge supporting the common rafters above. Some gable roof designs have a shed roof addition on the side.

Framing a roof is the last step in framing new construction. The average cost for a patio roof addition using low maintenance wood patterned aluminum runs for about 6 000 to 10 000 for an area of 20 by 20 feet as of 2011. The average wooden stud wall frame construction for an addition runs between 9 and 18 a square foot or 1 800 and 3 600 for a 200 square foot addition with most homeowners spending around 2 500 on basic rough construction framing. Gable roof with shed addition.

While most home builders will outsource the construction of roofing trusses the rafter supports of the roof itself learning to frame a roof yourself is one of the true arts of carpentry and a basic primer is covered below. The run or half the building span is the base of the triangle. This is a popular alteration to the standard gable roof providing more headroom and space for an extension without having to completely alter the existing roof. At the low end of the valley the subfascias of the two roofs are mitered with a block filling in the roof framing.

The framing of a basic gable roof is based on a right angle triangle and the various roof framing components fit the triangle. The rise or height of the roof at its peak is the altitude of the triangle. Adding a wood lattice roof can range between 500 and 10 000. It s easy for the contractor to build and easy on the homeowner s budget says schultz but it makes the new space look like an obvious add on.