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 may need a structural engineer to help with design of trusses and rafters.
Tying a gable roof into an existing roof is a long expensive project usually undertaken only when there is a major addition or renovation to a house.
You will need building help and a large construction dumpster for debris.
By adding a rear side extension or by adding a shed roof to the centre of your existing gable 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.
One of the most common dormer types the a roof or doghouse dormer is simply a box with a window added to the roof that is topped with a gable that is tied into to the existing gable.
Here we will focus on adding length to the end of a house roof.
The two most adopted techniques for extending a gable roof with shed roof addition are.