Hand Cut Roof Construction

They span from the wallplate to the ridge board providing a platform for the underlay battens and tiles.

Hand cut roof construction. Use tin snips or shears to cut lengths by hand. Before you start cutting you first need to determine how long your roof rafters need to be and the angles at which you ll cut the top and bottom of the rafter. Measure as precisely as possible down to the 1 4 inch 0 64 cm 1 8 inch 0 32 cm or 1 16 inch 0 16 cm. Every member of a traditional cut roof is individually cut and assembled on site.

Hipped roof construction can seem quite complicated to grasp at first but i m going to break it down and explain each area in detail. The rafters are the main load bearing elements of the roof. The cheapest way to cut metal roofing is with a pair of tin snips. There are two basic methods of pitched roof construction.

The metal sheets used to form the roof need to be cut to fit your roof before you can install them but fortunately this is easy to do with a few different tools. A truss roof using factory made trusses which are delivered to site complete and just erected. The overall construction of a traditional cut roof is to ensure that the load of the roof is evenly transmitted to the walls below. The best tin snips are good for cutting any edge of corrugated iron that is going to be seen as they are easy to control when cutting.

Use a tape measure to measure the entire width of your building. You could also use a circular saw to cut lots of sheets more quickly and a nibbler to create rounded cuts.