ᐅ Implementation of our hipped roof on an urban villa with a cantilevered upper floor
Created on: 20 Apr 2026 22:33
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xDorix
Hello everyone,
For our two-story town villa with a hip roof (ground floor with brick cladding, upper floor with white plaster), we would like to slightly extend the upper floor above the front door, using this extended section as a canopy for the entrance area. Visually, the extended upper floor should either be supported by columns or have a continuous connection on the left and right sides of the front door.
However, we noticed that this means our planned roof overhang of 50cm (20 inches) will no longer be consistent everywhere. Currently, the upper floor is extended by 75cm (30 inches) in the area above the front door. This would result in a roof overhang of 1.25m (49 inches) to the left and right of the extended upper floor section, which seems excessive to us and most likely would not look good.
We do not want any additional canopy, small porch roof, or similar structures; the roof edge should run continuously and seamlessly. This roof line will naturally follow the edge of the extended upper floor.
Do you have any ideas on how to solve this?
Thank you in advance!
For our two-story town villa with a hip roof (ground floor with brick cladding, upper floor with white plaster), we would like to slightly extend the upper floor above the front door, using this extended section as a canopy for the entrance area. Visually, the extended upper floor should either be supported by columns or have a continuous connection on the left and right sides of the front door.
However, we noticed that this means our planned roof overhang of 50cm (20 inches) will no longer be consistent everywhere. Currently, the upper floor is extended by 75cm (30 inches) in the area above the front door. This would result in a roof overhang of 1.25m (49 inches) to the left and right of the extended upper floor section, which seems excessive to us and most likely would not look good.
We do not want any additional canopy, small porch roof, or similar structures; the roof edge should run continuously and seamlessly. This roof line will naturally follow the edge of the extended upper floor.
Do you have any ideas on how to solve this?
Thank you in advance!
xDorix schrieb:
We do not have a basement. I also assume in Lower Saxony that the plot wouldn’t be suitable for one. But the staircase is drawn like that.
xDorix schrieb:
The upper floor is supposed to be slightly set back for aesthetic reasons. But not that far. How does the general contractor handle this detail otherwise?
xDorix schrieb:
Do you have an example? Sounds good, but I’m not sure what you mean. You can find plenty of examples in the catalogs of general contractors in the N3 broadcasting area – Tönjes & Meichsner, Eco Systemhaus, Team Massiv, Kagebau, and many others.
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