Hip Roof Framing Parts

Ridge board ridge beam.

Hip roof framing parts.

A ridge board is a horizontal member of the roof frame. Like a hip roof it has an even overhang around the entire building. Rick arnold frequent contributor to fine homebuilding and the journal of light construction presenter at jlc live the katz roadshow the remodeling show. There are quite a few parts of a roof on a home including different layers and features.

Ridge board v s beam. Roof and the hip roof. Things you ll need 2 in 10 in 5 1 cm 25 4 cm wooden beams laser distance measuring device plywood sheets carpenter s framing square round saw nails hammer ceiling joists asphalt shingles. Like a gable roof portions of a dutch hip roof are formed by two slopes that meet at the top.

Once you are finished with the measurement part now it is time to cut the rafters as per. Part of a framing plan for a hip roof is shown infigure 18 3. For more information about roofs check out our types of roofs article and diagrams. On a hip roof framing plan the lines that indicate the hip rafters ec ac kg and ig in figure 18 3 form 45 angles with the edges of the building.

Roof framing basics how does the slope of a roof. The point at which all the raftersare attached to. Basically it is a hip roof with a small gable at each end near the top. Ridge beam sits below the rafters.

Transfers the loadof the roof through the raftersto walls below. The main structural parts of a roof are ceiling joists ridge board jack rafter hip rafter common rafters creeper rafters raking plates out riggers and noggings or last rafter overhang. Supported by lally columns. This protects the walls from rain.

One of the most crucial and basic steps that is involved in hip roof construction is to take. Hip roof styles homes with gambrel roofs. Tie down fixings tie down fixings are used to resist uplift and shear forces lateral loads in floor framing wall framing and roof framing. Parts of a roof.

Remember that a line on the framing plan indicating a rafter represents the total run of the rafter but not its actual length.