Raising Roof Pitch

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Raising roof pitch.

How to increase the pitch by building a roof over an existing roof use premade roof trusses. The actual time depends on your roof s square feet or how ready your roof or attic space is for the elevation. You ll need to remove the siding where it meets the roof. Give the width and length of the roof and a chosen pitch to a truss supplier to build trusses to order.

Premade roofing trusses will be easier and take less time than installing a stick built roof. Raising the pitch of a roof often requires not only tresses but new supports new roofing and in the end a. For the sake of increased home safety removing the old roof is worth serious consideration. Raising the roof pitch does mean building a new roof although tearing the old one off is sometimes optional.

There are six separate cost sections for raising a roof. Tresses are the supports that a pitched roof uses to hold up the roof at an angle. On average a roof raising project takes four to six weeks from start to finish. Use prefabricated trusses to put a new pitch on the roof.

Leaving the old roof behind offers more roof protection but it also increases the weight being supported by the walls dramatically. Use at least a 6 12 pitch rising 6.