How To Extend Roof Eaves

If you want to extend the rafters farther to cover a walkway or a porch.

How to extend roof eaves.

How to extend gable end roof overhang for the arrangement of the gable end overhang for the standard roof you lengthen the ridge beam beyond the facade for previously verified length using cut rafters. While roof overhang depth can differ depending on the style of the home standard overhangs extend outward about 24 inches. With roofing you again have a couple of choices. First nail the subfascia and fascia to the rafter tails next match the thickness of the existing roof sheathing as best as you can within 1 8 in.

After that to make it flush with the roof of the existing house cut the two outer rafters. A good estimate for a contractor to do this same roof overhang extension would range from 50 to 85 per running foot. Make a cutting on one of the sides of the horizontal roof beam on an angle. With the rafter extensions installed you can turn to trimming sheathing and roofing.

You have to do it thoroughly so that the rafters sit flush on it. This video will. Some metal roofs have wood framed eaves that extend several inches or a foot beyond the house or shed wall to support metal roofing. This gets snow and ice drip line farther away from the building walls without the danger of the metal roofing bending under the weight.

Then load bearing roof beams fixed to the trusses are extended in the same way. Of the existing material is good.