Rafter Layout For Hip Roof

Hip roofs are constructed with four rafters that usually meet on a ridge board that is situated at the middle portion of the roof.

Rafter layout for hip roof.

If you re framing a gable roof on a new house or building a shed or even a doghouse with a gable roof you ll need to cut a number of roof rafters. As a general rule roofs that have a high human occupancy rate should be framed with rafters every 16 structures such as sheds or barns can be frames with rafters every 24 again make sure to consult local codes. Print full scale rafter cut templates and birdsmouth templates fold template over rafter to mark or cut through. Half building width minus 1 2 ridge thickness.

S1 s4 s13 s16 s17 s20 s25 28 hip rafters layout. Porch roof extensions for hip roof porch extensions from an existing building wall you can use half the calculator results. Hip roof framing plan truss layout jack rafters layout left side. If we consider the rectangular shape of most buildings then hip roofs will be constructed with two triangular sides and two trapezoidal sides.

The hip end jacks tab displays a dimensioned side view and top view of the hip roof jack rafters for the hip end side of the hip rafter on an irregular hip roof. Minus ridge thickness to allow for ridge becoming pole plate roof peak will be slightly higher ridge thick must be same. Allow for ridge thickness when determining rafter run to outer wall. Roof battens lath hip end side roof battens lath main roof side wall plate or inferior purlin cut corner connection roof.

Each of the four sides of the roof slope downward there are no upright or vertical parts no gables etc on a hip roof. S5 s8 s9 s12 s21 s24 s29 32 jack rafters layout right side. The drawings are representative of all of the hip end side jack rafters and do not include the overall lengths which are available on the layout tab. Whereas in the case of square buildings hip roofs are more commonly.

If your project had a rafter length of 8 or less a safe and strong method is to use 2x8 framed 16 on center. See rafter run to outer wall calculator below. Enter the extension wall length into wall length and double the extension wall width then minus ridge thickness into the wall width entries.