Pitched Roof Side Garage Extension

The pitched roof extension at the side of this victorian property helped the owners achieve the new york loft style warehouse space they were after.

Pitched roof side garage extension. The garage can shelter 1 car and it has 2 entries at either side of the building. Minor repairs had been made over the last 3 or 4 years to repair rotten chipboard. A single pitch roof can make a side return feel loftier inside and look attractive viewed from the garden. The gable wall to your home is an external wall once it projects through the new pitched roof over the garage.

Pitched roofs have a more traditional appearance while a flat roof can appear sleeker. It is a complex framing style that can be or usually is a variation of the hip roof but a gable home may also make use of bonnet frame. The pitch of the extension s roof complements the original building creating a sense of harmony between the two elements. The plan costs 500 and the cost to build is estimated at 200 000 because of its huge size.

This might be enough to extend by around 4m right across the back of a typical semi or detached house with either a flat or low pitched sloping roof as a single storey or side return extension both ideal for creating a large open plan kitchen diner. While the extension features a modern steel structure and a large amount of glazing the roof features stone slates to provide a sympathetic nod to the original cottage. For the best appearance match the slopes of the addition and garage roofs. This shows the existing extension fitted with a flat roof which was probably in excess of 20 years old.

Use the pattern to mark and cut the rafters. In the end most of the front view of the roof had rotted away which resembled the bottom of a rabbit s cage. The professionals at mustard architects designed the extension to blend in with the brickwork of the original building and the pitched roof gave them extra height without the addition looking boxy and imposing. The upper portion of the roof is heavily pitched and the lower slope is gently pitched.

Make a rafter pattern by tacking a 2 6 to the garage wall parallel to the garage roof and drawing lines on it to indicate the center of the bump out the overhang distance and the bird s mouth cut. 1 car gable roof garage. As pictured above it is likely to extend much further than a mansard besides having the lower pitched slope on the bottom.