Hand Framed Hip Roof

The procedure for the erection of a simple hip roof.

Hand framed hip roof. Rick arnold frequent contributor to fine homebuilding and the journal of light construction presenter at jlc live the katz roadshow the remodeling show. Begin by measuring and cutting the wood then move on to installing the rafters and sheathing. Framers stick building a hip roof you can learn a great deal about roof framing by understanding the concepts of framing a gable or shed roof. While it s common to build hip roofs from trusses or premade frames it is possible to build your own hip roof.

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. The hip roof has four sloping sides. The wide variety of possible roof and floor truss designs and combinations is illustrated by figure 1. I ll start at the beginning with the easy bits before tackling the more complicated stuff and that way hopefully i ll make it really clear and easy to understand exactly how to set out measure cut and install hip and valley roof rafters.

The procedure for the erection of a simple hip roof. There are several roof types. A disadvantage of the hip roof is that it is more difficult to construct than a gable roof. 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.

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. Hip roofs drain water well and leaves don t build up on them. Hip roof framing hip to common to ridge join diagram ply sheathing angle and cut set back both sheet orientations sheathing hip cut calculator hip roof ply cut angle diagram 1138 93 ft 35 6 sheets 5 10 15 waste 40 sheets. The gable roof hip roof gambrel roof flat roof shed roof mansard roof and many more custom roof types.

A truss frame consists of a roof truss and a floor truss joined by exterior wall studs. End walls may be truss framed with field assembled stud infill prefabricated in conventional construction or built on site. The ridge board is centered here in terms of length as well as width. It is the strongest type of roof because it is braced by four hip rafters.