Hips And Valleys Roofing

A hip roof on a varied plan h denotes a hip v denotes a valley.

Hips and valleys roofing.

Today where laminate products are the overwhelming shingle of choice specific shingles are manufactured for the hips and ridges. A hip and valley roof may be part of an irregular structure. Every common rafter is the same length brown and each hip rafter is the same length too red. The green arrows above show every side is equal we ll assume 2 metres for this example.

The hip and valley factor varies according to the slope of the roof as shown in the table below. This type of roof is also called broken back hip and valley roof because the main hips are intconeected by the rafter of gables on one side and the rafter of the valley on the other. Divide the rise by the run the run is 12. The hip and valley roofing shear is the optimal metal roofing tool for cutting hips and valleys on your metal roof panels.

Hip roofs are thus much more resistant to wind damage than gable roofs. The hips are in red common rafters yellow and for hips to work on a square roof like above each member is equal. Find the square root of the result. A hip roof is self bracing requiring less diagonal bracing than a gable roof.

Such buildings may have more than four hips in the roofs and they form valleys at the inside corners. Makes cutting exposed fastener panel extremely easy. Ideal for shearing heavy gauge exposed fastener panels with the ability to shear straight at 90 degrees and up to a 9 12 valley. It is sometimes also referred to as a dutch gable roof precisely because it contains both roof style features.

You can see in our roof valley photo left that there has been a history of. In the age where 3 tab shingles were the standard in roofing it was common practice to take the same shingle used to cover the roofing slopes cut it into 3 pieces and use it to protect your hips and ridges. The gable portion of a dutch hip roof is usually placed at the end of the roof ridge and sits on top of the plane of the hip roof. Where two roof valleys meet for example above a gable dormer a soldered joint is likely to break from the movement.

Overlap metal roof valley sections by 12 inches and seal the lap with a flexible sealant such as polyurethane or butyl on roofs shallower than 5 12.