It is a waterproofing layer made of regular felt stacked above the solid.
Gable roof lookouts.
Then a 2 4 outlooker is placed over the dropped gable and butted into the side of the adjacent full height truss.
The procedure for erecting a simple gable roof.
Then the barge or fly rafter is attached to the end of the cantilevered outlooker.
A horizontal timber or metal resting at the peak of the roof the rafters and trusses are connected to the ridge board for a cohesive framework.
A composite decking made of solid materials it resembles real wood and particularly strong and stable for bearing heavy load.
After the gable is framed lookouts extend from the first rafter inside the gable wall out over the plates to support the overhanging barge rafter.
A gable roof consists of two sloped planes that meet at the ridge or peak and rest on the top plates of 2 parallel exterior walls.
Framing a dropped gable wall one of the keys to framing the rake with my system is building a dropped gable end wall the top of which is 3 1 2 inches below the tops of the rafters.
If a truss roof is used with this method the gable truss is manufactured 3 shorter than the others.
The original gable roof lookout was built in 1932 and replaced with a standing flat roof in 1964.