I have been asked to take and existing gambrel roof, and convert it to look like a straight front colonial.
Has anyone on these forums done this before, or avoided this far any reason?
It looks easy enough, but I am wondering if i would need to replace the rafters and joists, or could i just sister to each one to extend them as needed.
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Greetings Peace,
This post, in response to your question, will bump the thread through the 'recent discussion' listing again.
Perhaps it will catch someone's attention that can help you with advice.
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I've seen gambrels framed in a variety of different ways. The answer to your question, IMO, would totally depend on how your particular job was put together. Sometimes what you hope to do is entirely possible and cost effective. Other times it makes more sense to order up the dumpsters and break out the heavy demo tools.
Sorry for being so vague, but without more information it's a vague answer to a vague question.
I'd have to make some assumptions o know what you are looking for. A gambrell roof style is one of several roof shapes used in colonial architecture. It sounds like you want to keep a colonial style house but change the roof line to a straight gable.
The methods used for doing thiss would have a number of variables, including :
The height to the break now
The pitch of both roof sections
Whether the existing is a truss unit frmae or stick framed
How tall of a wall is desireed in the finished package.
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