Roof Framing Systems

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Roof framing systems. Stick truss roof framing. Deck exterior and interior load bearing walls beams girders posts and floor framing. Overhangs hips and dormers add greatly to the complexity of the framing. Nearly all roofs are framed using one of two methods.

Stick framed roofs utilize individual rafters that span from the top of exterior walls to the ridge. Gable a gable roof has a ridge at the center and slopes in two directions. An example of each is shown in figure 2 1. Shear walls or steel moment frames in homes with large windows or other large openings provide the strength to resist lateral loads.

Let tophat framing systems design the best retrofit roof system for your unique. Roof trusses roof floor structures 714 505 3599. Roof trusses roof floor structures roofing contractors. Common types of roofs and basic framing terms.

Cal state framing roof. 1315 n lassen st. Standard stick framing or the newer truss framing. Some of these can support the roof and prevent ridge sagging and wall spreading.

Residential structures framing systems typically consist of the roof structure that supports the roof. Types of roofs the most commonly used types of pitched roof construction are the gable the hip the intersecting and the shed or lean to. It is the form most commonly used by the navy. Collar ties rafter ties tension beams structural ridge beams.

It is simple in design economical to construct.