This will require three different roof planes on each side of the ridge.
Gambrel roof flared eaves.
Concurrent with the stirrings of the colonial revival the american arts crafts or craftsman style 1900 1929 espoused a return to nature simplicity and honest construction within the vernacular.
A gambrel roof is a popular roof style on many contemporary barns and sheds.
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It is standard procedure to build eaves on any building but adding flared roof eaves really provides a decorative effect.
All you do is build the standard type of eaves and add on to it to make the flared edge.
Gambrel section no scale 2x4 eave extension added to truss.
In this example a 30 by 40 structure is used.
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A gambrel roof or barn style roof provides a great way to create extra space in the attic or at the top of the barn.
To create an automatic gambrel roof open a new blank plan and draw four walls to form a rectangle.
A gambrel style shed roof offers the most storage space in the attic when compared to a gable or saltbox style shed roof.
It makes a good hay loft.
However pre cut trusses for a gambrel roof often require that the homeowner build and create their own eaves as this style of roof has very little if any overhang.
Chippy maybe in the land down under that is a gambrel roof but here in the usa a gambrel roof is a roof of two or more pitches used to give more space directly under the roof often but not exclusivly used for barns.
In this example we will add flared eaves sometimes referred to as a dutch kick to an automatically generated gambrel roof.
Plumb cut 2x8 sidewall rafter attach to floor system w a35 min and or lts12 anchor to wall and 2x4 blocking.
Curved hips and flared eaves.
A romantic variant was the dutch colonial 1900 1940 virtually a new suburban style featuring cottage and colonial details and most importantly a gambrel roof often with flared eaves.
Gambrel roofs are symmetrical with two slopes on each side of the roof.
At first glance you may think this would be a really challenging task but it is quite simple to achieve.