Roof Frame Structure

Roof trusses are manufactured ready to install.

Roof frame structure. Wondering how to build the structure of your roof. Measure form the top of this line down the board to determine the line length or length of the rafter less the ridge. Designing the roof 1. Add the length of the overhang beyond this mark and.

The framing style of the roof refers to the actual components of each. Choose the design of the roofing trusses. 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. Understand the different measurements.

Choose a style of roof. Position the square at the end of the rafter board with the tongue on your left and facing away from you. This video covers one of the most exciting parts of roof framing installing rafters. Other roof shapes particularly those with dormers or on houses with cathedral ceilings attic rooms or attic storage areas are stick built.

Some of these can support the roof and prevent ridge sagging and wall spreading. Gable and hip roofs may be built primarily of trusses. We will go over raft. This article describes and illustrates the different types of support that prevents roof sagging and wall bulging at buildings including definitions of collar ties rafter ties and structural ridge beams.

Stick framing creates a triangle between the rafters and ceiling joists. The shed roof or lean to is a roof having only one slope or pitch.