Changing Roof Pitch

[175gr7.62]

I bought my grandfathers property a couple years ago and it has a 2000sf ranch style P&B house on it. There is a brick ledge poured all the way around it and it is bricked up all the way up. It has a 3/12 roof pitch.

The house has good bones and instead a building another home on the property I really want to renovate this one and add an addition. I really want to increase the roof pitch though. I’m not worried about adding any useable sq footage above.

Is it possible to rip the roof off and increase the pitch. Wanting to keep the remodel around $150k.


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[Walker]

Your rafters aren't long enough to reuse. Just tear off roof at the peak to tie in risers, a strip across the middle for angle braces and along the exterior walls and eaves to tie in the rafters. Or tear everything off and built from scratch.

[RedBear78]

Depending on the framing the bracing and supports it should not be to complicated just labor and lumber

[Texas Pride]

If you tear the roof off you could add a second floor

[Low Fence]

Depending on the framing the bracing and supports it should not be to complicated just labor and lumber

^^^ yep

[asu-indian]

Yes, we've done a bunch of those. We're about to tear the roof off of the recently retired director of architecture for Chili's and add a second floor. As for your dollar amount, you can spend 100k or 1000k on the remodel.

[175gr7.62]

Yes, we've done a bunch of those. We're about to tear the roof off of the recently retired director of architecture for Chili's and add a second floor. As for your dollar amount, you can spend 100k or 1000k on the remodel.

How long would it take to pull a roof off and put a new higher pitch on? I’m in East Texas and keep thinking the roof will come off and it will come a flood and and I’ll be phucked.


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[flywise]

Pray it don’t rain for a couple weeks

[EarleyBird]

How long would it take to pull a roof off and put a new higher pitch on? I’m in East Texas and keep thinking the roof will come off and it will come a flood and and I’ll be phucked.


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That would be my worry!

And I know you say you aren't concerned about adding square footage, but just going from 3/12 to 6/12 will add a lot of useful space.

[175gr7.62]

That would be my worry!

And I know you say you aren't concerned about adding square footage, but just going from 3/12 to 6/12 will add a lot of useful space.

I only want to change the roof pitch for looks.


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[Dale Moser]

If it's not cut up with a bunch of hips and valleys, it wouldn't be that difficult (relatively speaking) to pull the roofing and decking, and use the existing rafters in place to incorporate new rafters above to form trusses. A lot of ranch style homes have straigh, simple roofs, so it's possible. Still a lot of trouble and expense for aesthetics, but I uderstand the sentimental value.

It's the kind of thing the right crew could do pretty easy. Obviously weather is key, and materials have tripled in the last year. Good chance to shoot some extra insulation in, and some radiant barrier. Plan on some drywall repairs, as well.

[175gr7.62]

If it's not cut up with a bunch of hips and valleys, it wouldn't be that difficult (relatively speaking) to pull the roofing and decking, and use the existing rafters in place to incorporate new rafters above to form trusses. A lot of ranch style homes have straigh, simple roofs, so it's possible. Still a lot of trouble and expense for aesthetics, but I uderstand the sentimental value.

It's the kind of thing the right crew could do pretty easy. Obviously weather is key, and materials have tripled in the last year. Good chance to shoot some extra insulation in, and some radiant barrier. Plan on some drywall repairs, as well.

There are no hips or valleys in it now. It’s just a 30 x 68 rectangular house. My realtor buddy says I should just bulldoze it and spent another $100k and build a modern house for resale value in 20yrs.


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[Dale Moser]

There are no hips or valleys in it now. It’s just a 30 x 68 rectangular house. My realtor buddy says I should just bulldoze it and spent another $100k and build a modern house for resale value in 20yrs.


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I imagine that's probably the prudent thing to do, but that don't always matter. Pier and beams present their own issues as far as ownership, in the mean time, as well. No easy answer, I suppose.

Maybe a standing seam roof, and some new paint, maybe some window, would doll it up enough for far less money...it would cut down on maintenance as well.

[Texastaxi]

If you're hell bent on doing this, since it's just a rectangle, I'd have new trusses built and delivered. With a good crew and a lift, I bet they could take the old roof off in a day, and in two more days have the new trusses and roof on. Maybe even quicker if you went with a metal roof.

[cbd10pt]

Nostalgia has value.

There are several different ways to go about changing your roof pitch with a single Ridgeline, especially if exterior aesthetics are the only goal.

If the property is somewhere between Galveston and College station, I wouldn't mind stopping by and giving you some pointers.

Charles Dill 832-654-8201

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