How To Build A Dutch Gable Roof

In this example a simple 20 x 30.

How to build a dutch gable roof.

Now affix the rafters to the ridge board by beginning at an end and then go to the center. Affix a stud to the gable at the end which extends downwards to the top plate. Secure them with nails and braces. This is a short video to show how to achieve this.

Select the wall you would like to build a dutch hip over and click on the open objectedit button. Exactly where the gable interrupts the hip is called the setback the distance from the end of the building to the first set of gable common rafters. When stick framing a dutch roof i begin by checking the plans for the amount of. The dutch is a section of hip roof in which hip rafters run into a gable end instead of going up to a ridge.

Step 1 the plans. Raise the rafters and then attach them going from one end to the other keeping a balance. In the wall specificationdialog that. The size of the rafters are determined by the size of your home and the proposed angle of the gable roof.

Step 2 rafters. I received a request on how to build a dutch gable or gablet roof.