Gable Roof With Eaves

Refer to my architectural roof types blog.

Gable roof with eaves.

Setting out a simple boxed eave return the corona height start with a corona between 4 in. An eave is defined as the edge of the roof that overhangs the face of a wall. It features the wide overhanging eaves and is in the american craftsman style. Start with roof framing.

This is the portion of the roof that protrudes beyond the side of a house or building. The eave roof and gable. If the lower section of the roof rafters or rafter tail extends beyond the exterior wall the projection forms an overhang or eave. Atlantic coast line railroad depot is a historic train station located at conway in horry county south carolina.

It was built in 1928 by the atlantic coast line railroad and is a long rectangular one story gable roofed frame board and batten building. The design of your eave is dictated by the. A gable roof consists of two sloped planes that meet at the ridge or peak and rest on the top plates of 2 parallel exterior walls. Eave design starts with looking at the overall building composition and proportion.

In contrast a gable or rake is the overhang of a building that occurs on the side that is topped by a gable roof. General rules of thumb.