Square Hip Roof Framing

The hip end jacks tab displays a dimensioned side view and top view of the hip roof jack rafters for the hip end side of the hip rafter on an irregular hip roof.

Square hip roof framing.

Hip roof framing center join diagram with options for square roof 1. The depth of the seat cut should be equal to the thickness of the wall you re installing the rafter on. A pyramid roof is one of the many variations of hip roofs. The design of hip roofs can follow triangular sides as well as a combination of triangular and trapezoidal sides.

Hip roofs essentially lack gables or vertical sides. The green arrows above show every side is equal we ll assume 2 metres for. Use the framing square to find where the jack rafter s plumb cuts will connect to the hip. When you have the length of the jack rafters use a round saw to cut the seat and shoulder cuts.

Hip backing angle 15 4. If the wall plates are all square of equal lengths then the hipped rafters would form a pyramid shape like the picture above normally a roof is rectangle and there are more yellow common rafters. Span for the main rafters measure from outside of wall to outside of wall. The hips are in red common rafters yellow and for hips to work on a square roof like above each member is equal.

With a square roof the ridge becomes a square center piece kingpost with side lengths equal to common rafter thickness. Just like the name suggests a pyramid roof takes the shape of a pyramid and it is constructed on top of a square or a rectangular base. Select the following information by using the drop downs to enter values in feet and inches. Purlin lip cut angle 11 4.

They must must be on the same level. 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. Outside top plate edge to ridge top edge common 10 11 3 4. Hip rafters are the diagonal rafters that span from the ridge at the top down to the corners of the roof.

Some hip roof designs follow pyramid shapes whereas others may have more symmetrical structures. The standard two foot framing square also referred to as a carpenter s square and historically as a steel square is an l shaped tool that is used to mark angles for cuts used in building framing particularly roof rafters stair stringers and many other cuts or angles other than 90.