However for larger extensions you ll need to hire a professional to get up there and remove large portions of the roof before extending the overhang.
Extended gable roof overhang.
The cost of extending my 30 foot long roof overhang 14 inches was 340 or 11 50 per running foot for materials.
This will protect a roof from most types of damage.
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.
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Roof overhangs can extend farther than 2 feet but beyond this length they begin to lose structural integrity and require external supports.
How to extend gable end roof overhang.
If a truss roof is used with this method the gable truss is manufactured 3 shorter than the others.
Then a 2 4 outlooker is placed over the dropped gable and butted into the side of the adjacent full height truss.
A rake on the gable end of the roof can be created with the construction of additional roof framing.
This cost did not include any labor or waste disposal fees.
Then load bearing roof beams fixed to the trusses are extended in the same way.
In extreme versions they appear to create the prow of a ship and are thus known also as prow overhangs.
My cost of extending a roof overhang.
For gabled roofs the roof rafters extending beyond the wall caps creating an angled roof overhang on the eaves.
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Due to the steeper angle of gable roof the maximum width of the eaves is narrower than other shed styles.
Then the barge or fly rafter is attached to the end of the cantilevered outlooker.
Two feet is the general maximum length for a typical roof overhang.