Hand Framed Roof

This video covers one of the most exciting parts of roof framing installing rafters.

Hand framed roof.

More and more house designs have large open areas in the house. The framing of a basic gable roof is based on a right angle triangle and the various roof framing components fit the triangle. And the line length measurement from the roof peak to the building wall is the hypotenuse. Let s consider a basic gable wood roof framing design.

The roof is held up by walls or posts where one wall or the posts on one side are at a higher level than those on the. Floor beam span tables of residential structural design we will now look at roof rafter and beam design. It is used where large buildings are framed under one roof where hasty or temporary construction is needed and where sheds or additions are erected. It is not ideal for snow or heavy rain but modern materials and proper drainage have helped.

3 things to keep in mind when deciding the differences between a hand cut roof and trusses. While most home builders will outsource the construction of roofing trusses the rafter supports of the roof itself learning to frame a roof yourself is one of the true arts of carpentry and a basic primer is covered below. A flat roof has a slope of 1 8 per foot to 2 12. We will go over raft.

Open area designed houses. However they allow snow to slide off so they do not need to bear a lot of weight. The rise or height of the roof at its peak is the altitude of the triangle. Here we have a wood framed gable roof.

It makes things feel more open and roomy. The run or half the building span is the base of the triangle. The shed roof or lean to is a roof having only one slope or pitch. Framing a roof is the last step in framing new construction.

The image below shows a cross section of our simple 12 x 13 house from the joist span tables section of this tutorial. If this is on a newer roof what will it be like after 40 years. If you build a flat roof try to have it slope in multiple directions to drains or gutters. A framed an a framed roof extends all the way to ground giving the home the shape of a capital a.

From one end of the rafter material using a speed square or framing square mark an x in 12 angle on the rafter and cut it measure down y height from the long point of the rafter cut and make a mark. Roof framing rafter layout. The stick framed roof on the other hand usually has some bounce and a little more squishing feeling to it. Continuing on from part 3.

This will the first point of the rafter measurement line using the results of your rafter length calculation measure from this point along the rafter measurement. These roofs are extremely difficult and expensive to build with a very steep pitch 4.