I am going to replace the roof on the house soon and thought I'd take the opportunity to extend the eaves, but I'm a bit unsure how much to build it out though! I have already extended the eave on the long sides of the house - I built it to be about 45-50 cm from the facade to the fascia board, i.e., excluding the gutter.
But now it's about the short sides/gables of the house... Should I build the same sized overhang there or what do you think will look best? Do people usually have the same length overhang on the gables as on the long sides or shorter/longer?
Do you think about 45 cm will be a good overhang on the short sides as well?
It's a 1.5-story wooden villa btw..
Grateful for tips!
But now it's about the short sides/gables of the house... Should I build the same sized overhang there or what do you think will look best? Do people usually have the same length overhang on the gables as on the long sides or shorter/longer?
Do you think about 45 cm will be a good overhang on the short sides as well?
It's a 1.5-story wooden villa btw..
Grateful for tips!
The same measurement works well, 45cm is a good size. Perhaps the size of the house matters for how the proportions look, but on our house, 47cm from panel board - outside of rake board/outside of tile board works well. It is about 5m wide and 12m long.vollerys said:I will be replacing the roof on my house soon and was thinking of extending the roof overhang at the same time, though I'm a bit unsure about how much to extend it! I have already extended the eaves on the long sides of the house - there I built it so that it became about 45-50 cm from the facade to the eaves board, i.e. excluding the gutter.
But now it concerns the short sides/gables of the house.. Should I build the same size overhang there or what do you think would look best? Is it common to have the same length of overhang on the gables as on the long sides, or shorter/longer?
Do you think about 45 cm would be a suitable overhang on the short sides too?
It's a 1.5-story wooden villa btw..
Grateful for tips!
I have extended the legs and the roof overhang so that they are the same measurement (about 45cm). Tried several different measurements but felt that 45-50 cm looked best, you don't want it to look stunted or as if you put a hat on the house...
