advice on roofing this?

specialized105

im gunna slate this(or someone else is!)
my block layer has built this up to wall plate height

looking advice on putting hip roof on this garage
what way would be the best/easiest way to hip roof this garage (if u can edit my attached would b great)
ive put in one end of the hip but need advice on what way to hip the rest!

Jimmy_M

im no expert but that doesnt look right. On the left hand side as you look at it where you have the "notch" - that bit of the roof would have to be steeper than the rest of the roof.. or the wall built higher.

What about splitting it into 2 rectangles.
Roof the larger one as normal.
Then the smaller one, again as you would expect if it was by itself - tying it into the larger one.
So the two ridge boards would not be on the same line.

(Edit: your second post that i was referring to seems to have been deleted)

specialized105

Jimmy_M wrote: »

im no expert but that doesnt look right. On the left hand side as you look at it where you have the "notch" - that bit of the roof would have to be steeper than the rest of the roof.. or the wall built higher.

What about splitting it into 2 rectangles.
Roof the larger one as normal.
Then the smaller one, again as you would expect if it was by itself - tying it into the larger one.
So the two ridge boards would not be on the same line.

(Edit: your second post that i was referring to seems to have been deleted)

Sorry yes i deleted it as i was looking at this maybe??

specialized105

mmm not sure thats right either!

Jimmy_M

Attached is my rendition...

Jimmy_M

Does it have to be hipped at the ends?
If youre doing it yourself without experience, it might be easier for you to do gable ends.

specialized105

thanks jimmy i have asked a roofer to come n have a look at it ,ur way looks very complicated to me ,dont think id be able to manage that

Jimmy_M

you want to be sure the slope is consistant on all surfaces.
Not sure how you would do that without all four corners of that main ridge board going back at the same slope. You're trying to make your top left hip go back to the corner of the notch - that wont work un less the wall there is higher (which would cause knock on problems all over the place).

Fair play for having a go yourself - interested to see how you get on.

whizbang

If you must have it hipped, then you treat it as a simple rectangle, but build up the 2 wall cutouts up to meet the roofline.

You could do this with timberframing and some cladding.

Or why not extend the roof over the cutout area. Could make a smoking area, barbeque, bike shed etc...

specialized105

whizbang wrote: »

If you must have it hipped, then you treat it as a simple rectangle, but build up the 2 wall cutouts up to meet the roofline.

You could do this with timberframing and some cladding.

Or why not extend the roof over the cutout area. Could make a smoking area, barbeque, bike shed etc...

thanks wiz thats what was recommeded by someone its only over 1 metre square so gunna pvc under it for w walkway and do a standard apex roof with no hips thanks for all comments

North West

Hi see attached
NW

coleria

Thats what your looking for

Calibos

coleria wrote: »

Thats what your looking for

Quick Sketchup/Indigo render of Coleria's roof: