Gable Roof Lookouts

In wood frame construction the primary structural members of a gabled roof frame are the ridge board and the rafters.

Gable roof lookouts.

The original gable roof lookout was built in 1932 and replaced with a standing flat roof in 1964. A horizontal timber or metal resting at the peak of the roof the rafters and trusses are connected to the ridge board for a cohesive framework. A composite decking made of solid materials it resembles real wood and particularly strong and stable for bearing heavy load. Typically in a more conventional roof you d support the barge with lookouts but in this situation there are 2 rafters outside the walls on each side 3 overhang 2 oc rafters so lookouts don t make sense if they ever do with i joist construction so best i can tell is that the rim fascia is supporting the outer two rafters.

If a truss roof is used with this method the gable truss is manufactured 3 shorter than the others. The procedure for erecting a simple gable roof. Then a 2 4 outlooker is placed over the dropped gable and butted into the side of the adjacent full height truss. It is a waterproofing layer made of regular felt stacked above the solid.

Framing a dropped gable wall one of the keys to framing the rake with my system is building a dropped gable end wall the top of which is 3 1 2 inches below the tops of the rafters. Then the barge or fly rafter is attached to the end of the cantilevered outlooker.