How To Join Two Roofs

Lining up the fascia.

How to join two roofs.

Look at figure 2a which shows the two differently pitched common rafters. Identify the roof areas that you will join. Step 4 place the. Measure the length of joined area.

Step 1 preparing the area. When you want to join roofs in which the pitches are not in the same ratio the very first thing that you must do. Put on a pair of work gloves. Pick the section where two edges will cross.

Step 3 prepare a piece of flashing material. It would seem that. Where the porch roof extended over the shed roof we installed a 2x6 ridge that ran from the top of the. Step 2 measuring the length of the joined area.

Add 12 inches to the measurement. When two gable roof lines intersect the ridge boards of each roof line meet. Measure along the edge of the roof. This will be the length of your flashing that you.

Prepare the area by identifying where the two different pitched roofs will meet. How to join the roof pitches. The method for joining the ridge boards varies according to local building codes but when nonbearing ridges intersect. Add 12 inch to the length.

Joining two roofs of different pitches blind valleys simplify framing. Finding the pitch of the. How to join two roof pitches. Prepare a flashing material.

To keep the porch roof framing as simple as possible we installed a structural ridge. Below are the steps on how to join two roofs together if they have different pitch.