We wanted to make the porch roof as steep as possible while keeping the peak of the roof below the wall to roof intersection at the top of the shed roof.
Roof tie in to l shape.
Taking the 2x4 boards and putting them on the top of the 4x4 beams nail them in.
This gives you the place where you will be installing the 2x4 joists and makes the structure stable.
When the floor plan calls for a t shaped house the roof is called cross gabled if one of the sloping sides ends in a wall that s shorter than the wall on the other side it s a saltbox.
With the beams in place you will now have the outline structure for the roof frame.
Step 3 tie together the 4x4 beams.
This latest project was in early december in lambeth ontario for a residential home that had an existing sloped or shingled roof that needed to tie into a ne.
Gabled roofs take many forms including this l shape.
When the 2x4 boards are all nailed in.
After a taking some measurements and doing a bit of ciphering we established that the steepest pitch we could use on the porch roof was 4 in 12.
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L shaped gable nancy andrews.