Build A Room In Your Roof

Ask your building inspector for minimum slopes for your area when you pick up the building permit.

Build a room in your roof.

If not you likely have truss framing. In this case you can build a new roof over the old with a caveat. Contact the attic group for an obligation free appraisal on 1800 655 525 or book in a consultation online. A new coat of shingles over decaying shingles will cause your roof deck to decay.

Adding onto a house ideas. A room above a garage might prove the perfect tonic for a house with a small lot and a need for additional rooms. Build over the garage. If your sun room has a cathedral ceiling make sure your framing includes a 6 x 6 post directly below where the ridge board is going to go.

This should be directly above one of the support posts so that the ridge board is supported all the way down to the ground. Plan your stud placement. Purchase your materials including prefabricated trusses plywood covering and roof tiles. To build a roof start by deciding whether you want to put up a flat or pitched roof on your building.

A stick framed roof with an attic has room to expand a dormer for example might create the additional space you need. At a minimum you should try to have a 4 12 slope if you live in a snowy area. When building a new wall choose one of the following stud placements instead. Under that window the roof has a 7 12 slope 7 in.

The 6 x2 roof beams were added i ensured that there was a slight slope backwards to drain surface water you can see a difference in height between photo 3 and 4 i decided that the room looked too high with the roof beams on top of the doorway beam so i moved them to hang behind the beam on joist hangers. Having helped tens of thousands of households make the best use of available roof space our consultants can advise and assist. Wire the structure for any plugs lights or ceiling fans. The first thing you need to find out is what kind of roof structure you have stick or truss.

You must not build the new roof directly over the old. Be sure to check your local building codes and zoning ordinances before starting a project. The solution is changing the roof pitch or building a new roof at a higher pitch than the old roof. Of vertical drop for every 12 in.

A double row of studs one along each interior side. Of horizontal distance while the other side has a 6 12 slope. In your roof whatever you want to do with your roof space attic group can help you achieve it. Sound travels easily through these studs which can cancel out a great deal of work.