Returns On Roof Rakes

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Returns on roof rakes.

Before the roof sheathing goes on the open framing provides easy access for attaching the return blocking and the nailers for the rake soffit. More refined details will have the return on the gable end smaller than the eave overhang but there still needs to be a return. Remember the roof on the return is there just to shed a small amount of water. Increasing the pitch by less than one degree has no noticeable impact.

However this is a rule that carpenters should remember. The eave roof and gable. Do not match the slope of the return to the slope of the main roof. The final step is putting the roof on the eave and addressing what happens in the gable itself.

An 8 12 pitch on a return is much too steep.