Framing Dutch Gambrel Roof For 2 Story Home

Gambrel rooflines reminiscent of classic barns set dutch colonial homes apart.

Framing dutch gambrel roof for 2 story home.

We can build some porch steps for you for a reasonable fee if there s enough time and lumber on the last day. If you plan on building and installing your own gambrel roof you ll have to draw out plans first to determine the proper dimensions. Dutch colonial is a style of domestic architecture primarily characterized by gambrel roofs having curved eaves along the length of the house. The plans range from an attractive two story gambrel horse barn to a two story gambrel garage shop to a beautiful two story gambrel barn home with up to 4320 square feet or more of total floor space all with our unique engineered clear span gambrel truss design.

For example a 20x30 gambrel barn kit would be 600 square feet. Other characteristics of dutch colonial architecture include side entrances central double dutch doorways upper and lower halves can be opened separately asymmetrical layouts ground level porches double hung sash windows and a chimney at one or both ends. A gambrel roof is a popular roof style on many contemporary barns and sheds. The second phase of building a gambrel garage.

Mariners in the 1600s brought the look to europe and the americas. T hough the look is often associated with barns gambrel roofs have long been used on homes schools and other structures. Gambrel roofs are symmetrical with two slopes on each side of the roof. Whether modest or not so the dutch colonial gambrel roof shape has survived through several hundred years of american home building fashions.

Will keep adding photos to slide show. 30 x 34 2 story gambrel with two 8 x 34 porches some pictures of this cabin are shown with customer completed finishes such as railing lights and finished interior. Modern versions built in the early 20th century are more accurately referred to as dutch colonial revival a subtype of the colonial revival style. We designed and built a 2 story house with a gambrel roof upstairs i designed and made the shutters not complete yet.

The design uses a style popular in southeast asia. In fact the first harvard hall built in 1677 at harvard university had a gambrel roof. The original gambrel provided extra habitable space while contemporary versions are more flexible offer greater visual interest and are a lovely homage to those pioneering dutch colonists. We give you the plans for the basic barn shell with a loft or full second floor.