Framed Hip Roof

Drive through nearly any neighborhood and you can see that roofs have many different shapes.

Framed hip roof.

If the wall plates are all square of equal lengths then the hipped rafters would form a pyramid shape like the picture above normally a roof is rectangle and there are more yellow common rafters. This roof framing diagram illustrates how a hip roof is built. Cedar frame gazebo with double tier steel roof hardtop. Here the roof is divided as well as structured into various parts and major points of connection falls between the ridges and rafters so the central portion of the roof demands more accurate framing.

You will need to have a circular saw a measuring tape a 2 by 6 lumber nails and a hammer. Each of the four sides of the roof slope downward there are no upright or vertical parts no gables etc on a hip roof. Remember the pitch will ultimately determine. After they re up you can snap a line to mark and trim the tails in a nice straight line to make up for any ridge warp or marking cutting and fixing errors.

Houses have gable hipped mansard gambrel flat and shed roofs. W x 10 ft. It s very satisfying to precut all the different pieces commons hips and jacks and have them fit perfectly when they are all put together. Hip rafters are the diagonal rafters that span from the ridge at the top down to the corners of the roof.

A hip roof design refers to a roof where the roof sides slope downwards from a middle peak with the rafter ends meeting the exterior walls of the house. Decide on the pitch of the pyramid roof you want to construct. Hip backing angle 15 4 for a good straight fascia add an extra inch or 2 to the tails of all your rafters total length. D archwood gazebo by the world s.

Outlined below are the basic steps towards framing a pyramid hip roof. Hip roofs can be generally framed into a large variety of sizes that can be t or l shaped and may need a more complex frame structure. As a framer i enjoy cutting and stacking a hip roof more than any other roof design.