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Questions tagged [gable]

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Should I install soffit or gable venting with a 3:12 pitch roof?

Been trying to find a reputable and concrete answer as to what type of ventilation we should use on our ranch house that has a 3/12 pitch shingled roof. The house is located in the Cincinnati Ohio area. The house was built in 1958 and according to…
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Can I replace a window in a garage gable wall without adding a modern header?

So, I have an older construction home (1948, a great year for lumber in MN) with a detached garage connected to the breezeway. The garage roof structure has rafters and collar ties with two storage joists (maybe for shear) and joists on the gable…
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Do I need a temporary support wall while putting a header in a gable end wall?

I am currently adding a picture window to an existing gable end wall. This gable end wall is part of a room with a cathedral/vaulted ceiling. I know how to frame it with king studs, a header, jacks, sill, cripples/etc. However, I'm not sure how to…
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How to replace bottom of a gable wall

I have a small gable wall that has my front door and a window. The roof comes out from the main portion of the house. The bottom of the gable wall is in really bad shape. They used a 2x4 as the sill plate and stacked bricks every foot or so to…
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How should I do the soffit on this 200sq ft addition?

200 sq ft addition, gable roof. Siding is fiber cement. Contractor who bailed already installed the same siding to be used as the fascia. Separately, there is the pop-out below the future soffit - which is for a recessed shelf above the door inside.…
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How to frame gable ends above top plate?

10'x16' insulated off grid "cabin" build. I want to use gable vents for my ventilation because it seems way simpler than a ride beam and soffit vents. I have a post centered on each 10" wall to support the ridge board. how would I install a…
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Does a leger board for a vaulted ceiling need to be beveled?

I'm designing a bathroom addition to my house. Due to existing roof lines, the ceiling will be vaulted to give more interior space on one side while maintaining minimum headroom on the other and not making the roof too flat. There will be a leger…
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About to drill large holes in exterior walls --- will UK building regs be a problem?

I want to install a vent for loft ventilation and also install a sun tunnel through a gable wall, to help light a severely under-illuminated upstairs room (not going with a window, for reasons of privacy, thermal performance, cost, ease of…
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Bathroom fan venting to attic gable screen

I've read many of the other questions about venting thru gable, but this seems slightly different. I discovered my upstairs bathroom fan is venting to the gable vent. Not ideal, I know, but may be ok enough in this situation. The wind and snow blows…
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2 angle braces on attic of a gable roof

My house in Northern California has a gable roof. In the attic, there are two 2x4 angle braces (one at each gable end) that connect from the ceiling joist (gable-end) to the ridge board (mid-span). Please see photo to understand what I mean. What is…
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How to size a header for 3 openings along (non load bearing?) wall

We are reconfiguring the doors/windows along an exterior wall under the gable end. The original house had several windows and a 6' slider on that wall, all utilizing flat 2x4 headers. We are going to be replacing what's there with a 6x3' window, a…
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Gable Attic Fan(s) Not Working

I am trying to replace a gable attic fan that came up on our home inspection as being defective. I am having a bit of an issue though. I have purchased and installed two different fans now of two different brands (MaxxAir and Broan). I have…
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Are Gable vents needed on bothe ends to be effective

One side of a colonial does not have a gable vents and the other side does the side without vent the siding doesn't hold.paint as well would installing a gable vents be helpful
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Joining 2 sides of a gable roof gutter system for rainwater collection?

A house we're in the process of buying has a North/South facing Gable roof with gutters on both sides and a downspout in each of the 4 corners. Are there any options, or sense, in somehow joining the two gutter systems together and going with 1…
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To add soffits vents or not

I am in the process of getting a new roof and the roofer suggested that I should add soffit vents. This is a 1970s era home that has large gables on the sides. Please note on the higher level of the house,the gables are covered due to adding spray…
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