The hip roof framing calculator returns the value of the main rafter the side rafter the length of the hip the height of the knee wall and the lengths of the jack rafters.
Hip roof rafter design.
This sizing guide for roof rafters will help determine what you need for your small project.
Continuing on from part 3.
Hip roof framing diagram main roof side hip roof truss layout hip end side hip roof framing plan truss layout jack rafters layout left side.
Print full scale paper templates cut and fold over wood to mark and cut angles.
A jack rafteris a shortened com mon rafter that may be framed to a hip rafter a valley rafter or both.
S5 s8 s9 s12 s21 s24 s29 32 jack rafters layout right side.
Hip roof framing rafter cut angle template diagram.
Here we have a wood framed gable roof.
The design of hip roofs can follow triangular sides as well as a combination of triangular and trapezoidal sides.
If using a circular saw or compound miter saw set saw bevel angle to 45 to obtain creeper and hip side angles.
A hip rafter is called for only when framing a hip roof but a valley rafter is needed on both hip and gable roofs whenever roof planes intersect.
Some hip roof designs follow pyramid shapes whereas others may have more symmetrical structures.
Select the following information by using the drop downs to enter values in feet and inches.
If using a circular saw or compound miter saw set saw bevel angle to 45 to obtain creeper and hip side angles.
Hip roof designs hip roofs can be designed over square shaped buildings as well as on rectangular ones.
Thus there arehip jack raftersand valley jack rafters.
Hip rafter diagram with full dimensions.
Hip roof framing rafter cut angle template diagram.
Roof battens lath hip end side.
Floor beam span tables of residential structural design we will now look at roof rafter and beam design.
Weather you re building a shed roof or adding a dormer to your second story it is important to choose the proper size rafter.
A hip roof design refers to a roof where the roof sides slope downwards from a middle peak with the rafter ends meeting the exterior walls of the house.
The image below shows a cross section of our simple 12 x 13 house from the joist span tables section of this tutorial.
Let s consider a basic gable wood roof framing design.
Hip rafter diagram with full dimensions.
Each of the four sides of the roof slope downward there are no upright or vertical parts no gables etc on a hip roof.
