How Would You Do This Addition?

Michaeljp86

Im adding on to a little dumpy house my dad has and I never did this before. I was wondering how to add the roof. The house has a hip roof and on the end of the house we are adding on the house making it 12ft longer. How would you go from the hip roof to a new roof over the new part making a gabled end? Would you just drame the new roof right over the old shingles like Ive seen done before?

neolitic

This is worth every penny you're paying for it! Someone else is probably gonna give you some nifty keen short cut, but I've tried it both ways and in the end it makes a better finish product, and not as much grief, if you just bite the bullet and cut back to the first pair of common rafters/full truss. That is the top of the hip, the ones that go ridge to plate. This is if your addition is exactly the same width as the existing. If it's narrower--'nother deal.

Cole

It sounds like to me, that this project might be over your head.

Oh and btw, no one here will be able to tell you exactly how to tie the roof in properly. Things don't always go as planned in the field and you will need someone who has done it numerous times to figure it out.

If you are unsure about the roof, hire a professional framer to tie it in for you.

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Tom M

I cant envision the layout you describe but as Cole said you can frame up the walls and then have a framer come in to do the roof for you. It may be hard to get someone for just part of this but I have done it in the past and it makes life a lot easier. Scheduleing is your biggest hurdle.

kevjob

we remove the shingles by snapping caulk lines for the new roof layout and tie into framing.

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Michaeljp86

Thats what I will probably do, I have the walls up already and need to get the roof on quick before it rains.

I would like to hire someone to do it but my dads a cheap skate.

kevjob

it also allows you to flash the valleys

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Michaeljp86

The whole roof is going to be replaced when the addition gets shingled so I guess Ill just strip off what I need to now and worry about the rest later. This house was adden onto before and Im doing basically the same on the other side. They just ran jack rafters right over the shingles and I dont really like that.