Tie into the end of an existing gable roof by removing existing facing boards wall siding and any other obstructions back to the first truss of the old roof.
Howmdo i add onto a gabled roof for room addition.
Wood roof trusses bring the bottom chord of the truss all the way to the outside of the wall include a small vertical cut butt cut and angles back against the top chord of the truss.
Next to a flat roof the gable roof is probably the simplest roof type there is.
The gable is the peaked a shaped roof you typically see on cape.
Called tying in this helps to weatherproof and strengthen the joint.
Then mount new trusses on the new addition walls.
How to add a new addition to a gable roof type.
Butt the first new truss against the old one.
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