Roof Frame Structure

Some of these can support the roof and prevent ridge sagging and wall spreading.

Roof frame structure.

Choose a style of roof. We will go over raft. Gable and hip roofs may be built primarily of trusses. The framing style of the roof refers to the actual components of each.

Roof trusses are manufactured ready to install. Choose the design of the roofing trusses. Other roof shapes particularly those with dormers or on houses with cathedral ceilings attic rooms or attic storage areas are stick built. Add the length of the overhang beyond this mark and.

Collar ties rafter ties tension beams structural ridge beams. Stick framing creates a triangle between the rafters and ceiling joists. Wondering how to build the structure of your roof. The shed roof or lean to is a roof having only one slope or pitch.

Position the square at the end of the rafter board with the tongue on your left and facing away from you. Understand the different measurements. The roof is held up by walls or posts where one wall or the posts on one side are at a higher level than those on the opposite side. Designing the roof 1.

It is used where large buildings are framed under one roof where hasty or temporary construction is needed and where sheds or additions are erected. Measure form the top of this line down the board to determine the line length or length of the rafter less the ridge.