How To Add Roof Overhang Xactimate

The xactimate roof estimating course covers roofing construction concepts and how to estimate a roofing loss using xactimate s roof drawing software.

How to add roof overhang xactimate.

The outline we just created appears as a dotted underlay. We began by tearing off the shingles and removing a skylight from the shed roof. In cases where the roof section is non. Set the eave and rake overhangs dimensions.

Click and drag the center blue box to create the dormer. Click and drag the center blue box to create the. 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.

Rename the roof to something appropriate general. Instead of combinging separate roof sections to make one roof use ctrl for speed and accuracy in xactimate. Set the roof slope s. My business partner and i recently added a large screened in porch with a gable roof onto a client s home.

A 12 by 12 roof will appear in your workspace. On the sketch tab click break. Learn how to make a gable overbuild of of a main hip roof in sketch. On the sketch tab click break.

Set the eave heights if different from main roof eave elevation dimensions. In the sketch ribbon click break. Click and drag the roof so it covers the main part of the house. Click add new level to create another level on the sketch.

Select the correct roof type dimensions. Click the red pyramid and drag the overhang offset to adjust the dimensions. Click the point on the roof edge where the dormer starts and drag to the spot where the dormer ends. If a hip roof tie in decide whether to use both ends end a b c or d only.

The porch joined the house at right angles to a shed roof section.