Hip Roof Framing Section

Hip the hip roof has four sloping sides.

Hip roof framing section.

The ridge board is centered here in terms of length as well as width. The slope or slant of the roof is almost always the same and hence they are symmetrical at their centerlines. Attach 4 6 centering rafters and lift the ridge beam into place. A regular hip roof sits on a rectangular plan with four faces.

As compared to global roof framing hip roof framing is more difficult because it consists of four sides with variable lengths instead of two sides. 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. Place the 4 6 common rafters in their designated positions along the 2 longest walls and nail them firmly to the wall with a nail gun. A valley rafter forms a depression in the roof instead.

These hip rafters run at a 45 angle from each corner of the building to the ridge. The longer sides have a trapezoidal shape while the sides at the front and back have a triangular shape and are called hip ends. Intersecting the intersecting roof consists of a gable and valley or hip and valley. It is the strongest type of roof because it is braced by four hip rafters.

A hip rafter forms a raised area or hip usually extending from the corner of the building diagonally upwards to the ridge. The valley is formed where the two. 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. The first step in the process of erecting the hip roof is to get the ridge beam into place at the top of the roof.