Roof For Addition

Steep roofs measure your house at ground level then add in the roof s overhang for greater accuracy.

Roof for addition.

This is the simplest solution a single slope that s attached to the original house at the high point and. As an example if your overhang is 12 inches you ll add 2 feet to the overall length and 2 feet to the overall width of the house. Pent roofs are ideal as a home improvement addition. There are many roof styles but the most common are gable which slopes.

Run the new exterior walls right up to the existing roof soffit and you won t need any roof at all. Building an addition on a house requires connecting two roofs whether the new space is a wing of living areas or a carport. This is a popular alteration to the standard gable roof providing more headroom and space for an extension without having to completely alter the existing roof. Pent roofs are very much like an awning for lower floors designed to keep precipitation at that level away from the house.

There are four main roof options to consider. Most of the styles on this list could make use of pent roofs in their original design. If you re adding to the gable end of the house the side wall that goes up to the roof s peak it s. From the high point the roof will slant down to the outermost wall of your new space.

The shed roof sometimes called the single slope roof features a single slope which is attached to your existing home via a high point. Adding a wood lattice roof can range between 500 and 10 000. The average cost for a patio roof addition using low maintenance wood patterned aluminum runs for about 6 000 to 10 000 for an area of 20 by 20 feet as of 2011. On many homes the solution is even simpler.

If your home addition is going in the front or back of the house there are other options to consider. A screen can be added for an additional cost of 3 000 to 4 000. Roof lines a lean to roof like the one on charlie s bump out is the easiest type to build and charlie was able to connect to the existing roofline for a neater appearance see photo above. Gable roof with shed addition some gable roof designs have a shed roof addition on the side.