Hand Framed Roof

Open area designed houses.

Hand framed roof.

Floor beam span tables of residential structural design we will now look at roof rafter and beam design. The image below shows a cross section of our simple 12 x 13 house from the joist span tables section of this tutorial. It is not ideal for snow or heavy rain but modern materials and proper drainage have helped. Continuing on from part 3.

The stick framed roof on the other hand usually has some bounce and a little more squishing feeling to it. Here we have a wood framed gable roof. Let s consider a basic gable wood roof framing design. Framing a roof is the last step in framing new construction.

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. A framed an a framed roof extends all the way to ground giving the home the shape of a capital a. These roofs are extremely difficult and expensive to build with a very steep pitch 4. We will go over raft.

If this is on a newer roof what will it be like after 40 years. However they allow snow to slide off so they do not need to bear a lot of weight. Make sure to stick around to the end of the show for something fu. 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 makes things feel more open and roomy. Roof framing rafter layout. The framing of a basic gable roof is based on a right angle triangle and the various roof framing components fit the triangle. The rise or height of the roof at its peak is the altitude of the triangle.

Wondering how to build the structure of your roof. Think of a flattened hip roof. The run or half the building span is the base of the triangle. 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.

A flat roof has a slope of 1 8 per foot to 2 12. The shed roof or lean to is a roof having only one slope or pitch. If you build a flat roof try to have it slope in multiple directions to drains or gutters. More and more house designs have large open areas in the house.

This video covers one of the most exciting parts of roof framing installing rafters. And the line length measurement from the roof peak to the building wall is the hypotenuse.