How To Add Roof Overhang Xactimate

Set the eave and rake overhangs dimensions.

How to add roof overhang xactimate.

The porch joined the house at right angles to a shed roof section. We began by tearing off the shingles and removing a skylight from the shed roof. On the sketch tab click break. Click add new level to create another level on the sketch.

Instead of combinging separate roof sections to make one roof use ctrl for speed and accuracy in xactimate. Set the roof slope s. Learn how to make a gable overbuild of of a main hip roof in sketch. Select the correct roof type dimensions.

Deutsch deutschland english australia english canada english united kingdom english ireland english new zealand english united states français canada français france nederlands. Click and drag the center blue box to create the dormer. Click the point on the roof edge where the dormer starts and drag to the spot where the dormer ends. Rename the roof to something appropriate general.

In the sketch ribbon click the roof arrow and select hip. In the sketch ribbon click break. Click the point on the roof edge where the dormer starts and drag to the spot where the dormer ends. Add and edit an overhang to a roof in x1 open an estimate.

We designed the porch with wide overhangs for shade from the hot north carolina summer sun. The xactimate roof estimating course covers roofing construction concepts and how to estimate a roofing loss using xactimate s roof drawing software. My business partner and i recently added a large screened in porch with a gable roof onto a client s home. Set the eave heights if different from main roof eave elevation dimensions.

The outline we just created appears as a dotted underlay. In cases where the roof section is non. Click the red pyramid and drag the overhang offset to adjust the dimensions. Click and drag the roof so it covers the main part of the house.

On the sketch tab click break.