Other roof shapes particularly those with dormers or on houses with cathedral ceilings attic rooms or attic storage areas are stick built.
Roof frame structure.
Designing the roof 1.
Add the length of the overhang beyond this mark and.
We will go over raft.
Choose the design of the roofing trusses.
Roof trusses are manufactured ready to install.
If you want to frame a roof you ve got two important choices to make in terms of 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 opposite side.
Position the square at the end of the rafter board with the tongue on your left and facing away from you.
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.
Wondering how to build the structure of your roof.
Gable and hip roofs may be built primarily of trusses.
Choose a style of roof.
The framing style of the roof refers to the actual components of each.
Some of these can support the roof and prevent ridge sagging and wall spreading.
Collar ties rafter ties tension beams structural ridge beams.
This video covers one of the most exciting parts of roof framing installing rafters.
The shed roof or lean to is a roof having only one slope or pitch.
Stick framing creates a triangle between the rafters and ceiling joists.