Swayback Gable Roof?

[lgswe]

Now it you really want to work on the 'correct" look.... the more ridge drops the more the walls have to bow out from bottom to top and this of course will make the roof eaves bow out and look wider in that area also when looking down from above. And you just wanted a dropping bowed ridge.

[Rich Winsor]

Now if you really want to work on the 'correct" look.... the more ridge drops the more the walls have to bow out from bottom to top and this of course will make the roof eaves bow out and look wider in that area also when looking down from above. And you just wanted a dropping bowed ridge.

Larry, the bowed roof ridge is just the tip of the iceberg. To really capture the feel I need to make the sides of the building sag too. The structure has no footing or foundation which is why it seems to float above the terrain. It looks like they crisscrossed some old railroad ties at each end and then ran some floor joists lengthwise with no supports in the center. Actually the walls are surprisingly plum all things considered, but the whole structure sags in the center like a swaybacked boxcar. The next challenge will be to create U shaped side walls. I can make the side edges of the roof mimic the curve of the top ridge but then I can't set it on the walls without having it teeter-totter on the top plates of the side walls. And of course there is the issue of rafters, eaves and fascias or the lack thereof. Presently my roof is just a plane with no thickness and there is no structure supporting it. I'm not completely crazy. I do have ulterior motives for seeing how close I can come to creating a swaybacked structure. If I am successful I will share the results sometime down the road.