How To Extend Roof Overhang With Exposed Beams
Attach the facia board and install the same size roof sheeting mine was 1 inch boards and the drip edge.
How to extend roof overhang with exposed beams. You have to do it thoroughly so that the rafters sit flush on it. The roof deck is 1x6 attached to the top of the rafters with 1 4 inch space between boards. A cantilever is any structure such as a roof or floor overhang that is braced internally. Make a cutting on one of the sides of the horizontal roof beam on an angle.
Alignment between windows is sacrificed to express the structural system as the windows on each side extend all the way to the roof overhang to gain extra light. We also show you how to build stone columns with wood beams ho. If your roof is strong enough it can extend beyond the support walls without external bracing. A step by process on how to build a covered deck exposed gable beams using chief architect.
You will need to buy some new drip edge because the sides of the overhang are longer than the ole drip edge and will require extensions. If you are building trusses it is easy to make part of the roof into a cantilevered extension. A simple drop beam header sets the distance between the window and roof overhang while outriggers in the roof framing system allow for a minimal roof profile at the sides. New sheeting on extention.
Just make one of the rafter members extend beyond the cross tie. After that to make it flush with the roof of the existing house cut the two outer rafters.