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I’m looking at purchasing a house in the country which currently has a gambrel roof, which is not my preferred “look” for this particular house. (photo attached)
My question is this: in general, how difficult is it to change a gambrel roof to a gable end roof? Is it possible, for example, to just “extend” the rafters of the bottom part of the gambrel roof on each side so they would meet in a gable like pitch? I know this would change the inside of the house some, but it seems that since the major part of the sloping side walls inside the top story are made from that bottom part of the gambrel roof, these walls should just gain some height.
Thanks to anyone in advance for your input.
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I'm looking at purchasing a house in the country which currently has a gambrel roof, which is not my preferred "look" for this particular house. (photo attached)
My question is this: in general, how difficult is it to change a gambrel roof to a gable end roof? Is it possible, for example, to just "extend" the rafters of the bottom part of the gambrel roof on each side so they would meet in a gable like pitch? I know this would change the inside of the house some, but it seems that since the major part of the sloping side walls inside the top story are made from that bottom part of the gambrel roof, these walls should just gain some height.
Thanks to anyone in advance for your input.