Gunn
10-13-2011, 05:33 PM
I am designing a single story home addition (14'x28') onto the side of my single story house. Attached is a screenshot of the design (using Google Sketchup).
I have run into an issue with the roof framing. As shown, I have inset the front and rear of the addition by 1' from the main house so that the symmetry of the main house is not ruined (door is in the center with two windows flanking it on each side). The issue is shown at the roof line. The house currently has a 2' overhang running the entire length of the house that I would like to continue on the gable end. But...from what I have currently drawn, the addition roof will be in the way! I have drawn in a 2x4 (as part of a truss) to minimize the addition roof framing thickness, but even with that, I have measure a bit less than 5" between the addition roof and house roof. Not enough. And I doubt with that span, a 2x4 truss would be sufficient (haven't sized that yet). I had originally planned on cutting my own roof with rafters...
Is there anything I can do to solve this, that I may be overlooking? I could inset the addition even more, but then I'd lose space in the interior and the rooms are about as small as I want to make them. I could bring the walls flush with the main house, making the roof flush too, but this would ruin the symmetry, and the house roof would look rather boring and long with a 50'+14'=64' length. I do plan to add a gable dormer on the front also though.
Thoughts, ideas, comments?
Thanks,
Tom
http://mulberryhall.us/pub/HomeAdditionRoofDetails.jpg
I have run into an issue with the roof framing. As shown, I have inset the front and rear of the addition by 1' from the main house so that the symmetry of the main house is not ruined (door is in the center with two windows flanking it on each side). The issue is shown at the roof line. The house currently has a 2' overhang running the entire length of the house that I would like to continue on the gable end. But...from what I have currently drawn, the addition roof will be in the way! I have drawn in a 2x4 (as part of a truss) to minimize the addition roof framing thickness, but even with that, I have measure a bit less than 5" between the addition roof and house roof. Not enough. And I doubt with that span, a 2x4 truss would be sufficient (haven't sized that yet). I had originally planned on cutting my own roof with rafters...
Is there anything I can do to solve this, that I may be overlooking? I could inset the addition even more, but then I'd lose space in the interior and the rooms are about as small as I want to make them. I could bring the walls flush with the main house, making the roof flush too, but this would ruin the symmetry, and the house roof would look rather boring and long with a 50'+14'=64' length. I do plan to add a gable dormer on the front also though.
Thoughts, ideas, comments?
Thanks,
Tom
http://mulberryhall.us/pub/HomeAdditionRoofDetails.jpg