Unsupported Roof Overhang

If you are building trusses it is easy to make part of the roof into a cantilevered extension.

Unsupported roof overhang.

Moderate climates in moderate climates there is some damage of wood decay and a roof overhang is recommended. If your roof is strong enough it can extend beyond the support walls without external bracing. This can be from two causes. This guide will help you decide what shed overhang is best for your shed and walk you through the installation process.

Further note that the 3 layers of 2 inch rigid. Low slope roofs are more subject to snow load damage than steeper pitches and so typically have little or no unsupported overhang which can bend. The other common wind related failure at gable ends is uplift of the roof decking at the overhang. Also note that a new fully adhered membrane is installed on the original roof deck replacing the one installed 17 years ago is folded down to catch the top edge of the wall water control layer.

Over roof insulation the gable overhang has been cut flush with the wall sheathing. Steeper pitched metal roofs typically do not require much overhang because snow and ice slides off the smooth surface so easily. Inadequate nailing of the sheathing to supporting framing or inadequate connections of the framing at the rake edge that supports the roof. Just make one of the rafter members extend beyond the cross tie.

A shed roof overhang is something most homeowners don t think about until their standing in the rain trying to get the door unlocked or fretting about all the water that s suddenly pooling around the shed s foundation.