How To Extend Roof Eaves

The cost of extending my 30 foot long roof overhang 14 inches was 340 or 11 50 per running foot for materials.

How to extend roof eaves.

This cost did not include any labor or waste disposal fees. Attach the horizontal beam by using a nail gun. With roofing you again have a couple of choices. This gets snow and ice drip line farther away from the building walls without the danger of the metal roofing bending under the weight.

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. You have to do it thoroughly so that the rafters sit flush on it. Make a cutting on one of the sides of the horizontal roof beam on an angle.

Then load bearing roof beams fixed to the trusses are extended in the same way. While roof overhang depth can differ depending on the style of the home standard overhangs extend outward about 24 inches. Of the existing material is good. 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.

A good estimate for a contractor to do this same roof overhang extension would range from 50 to 85 per running foot. With the rafter extensions installed you can turn to trimming sheathing and roofing.