I’m building a 16’x32′ cabin/shed in the backyard that has an 8’x32′ porch with end overhangs of 2ft. The original building has only 12″ overhangs.
In the picture below it shows the porch to have a slight taper as it extends outward. I suppose the architect wanted it to look a little more quaint. So, I’m thinking that the porch taper should be from the building’s 2′ overhang to the front of the roof should narrow to 1′ overhang.
What’s your opinion? Should I leave the roof with a straight overhang at 2′ or should I taper it like the picture?
Thanks,
Bill
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That taper looks a little odd, to me. I'd just run it square. What do the plans show for a taper?
Don,
I'm building this from looking at parking lot model of the "No Dormer" shed and from the picture on the spec sheet.
There are no plans....
Bill
I don't know if the roof was meant to taper or if that was just the artist's rendering. Tapering it is a ton of work. You can't just slide those end rafters over to make the taper. If it's not essential to your designer eye, I would go straight.
Beat it to fit / Paint it to match
Depending on the amount of taper (looks to me to only be a few inches) you could just move over the out most porch rafter and connect back to the main roof with the trim board. But I have a hunch that this is really just (a poor) attempt buy the guy that did the rendering to show perspective and that the porch sticks out the front. I think that the intent is to have a standard roof line. I can not picture designing something with a taper at that point. (I do arch Design work for a living in case you are wondering, mostly a mix of small retail and high end housing) So I would just build it straight out.
Doug
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