Hip End Roof Trusses

A hip roof or a hipped roof is a style of roofing that slopes downwards from all sides to the walls and hence has no vertical sides.

Hip end roof trusses. It is perhaps one of the simplest styles of roofing and is often combined with gables or other features. It carries the weight of the outer hip trusses along with that of the creeper trusses jack and hip. 14 32 mm length with overhang. At the peak common trusses are used to complete the run.

69 13 mm birdsmouth plumb or heel cut. Girder truss that creates dutch hip style roof by supporting hips and jacks trusses. Component to create gable end verge. 5 mm tail or eave length tail cut birdsmouth heel cut.

Creates roof plane by scotching over main trusses. Hip end connection for low wind area wind classification n1 n2 n3 or c1. The hip roof is the most commonly used roof style in north america after the gabled roof. The main truss which lies on the hip end is known as the truncated girder truss.

Any roof which has 4 sides all of which slope upwards to meet at a seam at the top of the roof is a hip roof. Hip sets are used to construct hip roofs which are roofs that slope from all sides. This has the shape of a standard truss but its top portion is cut off so that the slope fits on the top of the hip end. There will be step down trusses from the girder truss to the peak.

Jack rafters spacing. This style of roofing became popular in the united states during the 18 th century in the early georgian period. Hip end trusses that are supported by truncated girder and creates hip plane. Hip roofs drain water well and leaves don t build up on them.

60 mm jack rafter cut angle. 46 33 mm jack rafter plumb cut depth. Hip end fixing details ensure no weight or load is placed on the truss overhangs especially in the vicinity of the hip overhang until all necessary structural members such as structural fascias props and roof battens have been fully installed.