Roof Extension Over Garage Door

For the best appearance match the slopes of the addition and garage roofs.

Roof extension over garage door.

One of the driving factors with extensions is the cost creating an extension over an existing garage could allow for a large reduction in the build cost. The project involved removing old garage roof constructing a second floor above and converting an existing adjacent small bedroom into an en suite shower room. Install the corbels flush with the top of the door trim and against the side door trim. Building on top of an existing structure can mean you have to make some compromises in the design as you will be working to an existing footprint.

Jun 16 2020 explore susan mcpherson s board garage door overhangs on pinterest. See more ideas about house exterior door overhang doors. Use your template roof to measure and cut angled truss boards then screw them together and into the end caps. Make a rafter pattern by tacking a 2 6 to the garage wall parallel to the garage roof and drawing lines on it to indicate the center of the bump out the overhang distance and the bird s mouth cut.

They were building the small roof over the garage door to get re. The guys decided they wanted to work on saturday so i dropped in to see how they were doing. You ll also need a designer and contractor. See more ideas about door overhang house exterior door awnings.

We approach everything on a project as if it is a design challeng. It is more cost effective than building a new ground floor extension providing the existing foundations can take the load an engineer or surveyor can advise. Use the pattern to mark and cut the rafters. Bringing you along on how we would design and build one piece of a big puzzle on a project.

This fabulous extension over a garage created a master bedroom suite.