Gable Roof Lookouts

The original gable roof lookout was built in 1932 and replaced with a standing flat roof in 1964.

Gable roof lookouts.

Typically in a more conventional roof you d support the barge with lookouts but in this situation there are 2 rafters outside the walls on each side 3 overhang 2 oc rafters so lookouts don t make sense if they ever do with i joist construction so best i can tell is that the rim fascia is supporting the outer two rafters. In wood frame construction the primary structural members of a gabled roof frame are the ridge board and the rafters. After the gable is framed lookouts extend from the first rafter inside the gable wall out over the plates to support the overhanging barge rafter. It is a waterproofing layer made of regular felt stacked above the solid.

Framing a dropped gable wall one of the keys to framing the rake with my system is building a dropped gable end wall the top of which is 3 1 2 inches below the tops of the rafters. 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. A composite decking made of solid materials it resembles real wood and particularly strong and stable for bearing heavy load. If a truss roof is used with this method the gable truss is manufactured 3 shorter than the others.

Then a 2 4 outlooker is placed over the dropped gable and butted into the side of the adjacent full height truss. The procedure for erecting a simple gable roof.