Roof Tie In To L Shape

Gabled roofs take many forms including this l shape.

Roof tie in to l shape. L shaped gable nancy andrews. Strip the roofing from the old roof at the connection point to. 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. When the 2x4 boards are all nailed in.

Step 3 tie together the 4x4 beams. Use the automatic roof tools to create an intersecting gable roof over an l shaped structure. 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. Taking the 2x4 boards and putting them on the top of the 4x4 beams nail them in.

With the beams in place you will now have the outline structure for the roof frame. 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. This gives you the place where you will be installing the 2x4 joists and makes the structure stable.