Roof Rafter Support

Rafter ties are required by code unless the house is designed so that the walls or a structural ridge beam carries the full load of the roof.

Roof rafter support. To hold them up until the decking of the roof is placed on top a 12 foot 1 inch by 4 inch piece of lumber is used. Rafter span tables use these tables to determine lengths sizes and spacing of rafters based on a variety of factors such as species load grade spacing and pitch. Usually trusses are put 24 inches apart. Rafter spans can be extended slightly beyond what the rafter tables suggest when there is a cantelever extending beyond the supporting wall.

The image below shows a cross section of our simple 12 x 13 house from the joist span tables section of this tutorial. In finding this location we do not count the additional length of the rafter that supports the roof eaves overhang or soffit. Before you cut your boards you ll need to measure the width of your building and calculate the exact length of each rafter. As each truss is put up on top of opposite walls it must be put up straight and supported while the next truss is put up.

Joist hangers are designed to provide support underneath joist hangers are designed to provide support underneath the joist rafter or beam to provide a strong a connection. The roof rafters provide integral structural support to the roof. Floor beam span tables of residential structural design we will now look at roof rafter and beam design. Continuing on from part 3.

Simpson strong tie offers a diverse line of hangers to handle almost any application with top flange concealed flange and field skewable and slopeable options. In small roofs purlins are inserted between the rafters and nailed through the rafters. Ozco 56638 laredo sunset 2 inch hv rafter clip 10 per pack 4 8 out of 5 stars 27 mitek usp structural connectors jl26 face mount joist hanger light capacity 20 gauge g90 galvanizing finish steel 2 x 6 joist dimensional hangers 50 count. Here we have a wood framed gable roof.

In large buildings where heavy trusses are used the purlins are continuous members that rest. Let s consider a basic gable wood roof framing design. Visit the roof framing page for more information on cutting roof rafters and visit the roof pitch calculator for determining rafter lengths based on rise and run. A collar tie is a horizontal roof rafter compression connector that is located in the uppermost third of the span of a pair of opposed sloped or gable roof rafters.

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. By upper third here we mean one third of the length of the rafter from ridge to top plate.