Half Hip Roof Framing

With the right hip roof framing prior to starting construction it becomes easier for all workers to maintain perfect alignment at various corners to ensure proper connections of rafters and ridges.

Half hip roof framing. It is basically a gable roof with half of the hipped roof above stuck on each end. Using the upper pitch setting on a gable wall allows you to create a half hip or clipped gable style. In a hip roof all sides of the roof have a gentle slope towards the sides of the walls. We ll assume the new length of the roof below is 3 4 metres.

A half hip roof is a combination of gable and hip roof styles in which a hip roof plane builds upward from a partial gable wall. One of the benefits of a half hip roof is that it may accommodate a gutter that can be easily fixed all around the house. Generally people start with half hip roof framing because it helps to create an easy construction procedure for workers. It essentially implies that the house has no gables or vertical sides as is usually witnessed in the other types of roofs.

To calculate the length of a ridge in a hipped roof you simply subtract the width away from the length. In this example a simple 30 x 40 building with 108 1 8 ceiling height is used. If the extension length is half the extension length the 2 hips will meet at the existing wall and the roof will come to a peak with no ridge like half a pyramid. The roof extension length must be at least twice as long as its width or the 2 hips will meet before they reach the existing building wall.

A half hip roof is also known as a jerkin head roof or clipped gable. It is a variant of a hip roof depicting a small modification at the top of the gable.