Framing Irregular Hip Roof

Minus ridge thickness to allow for ridge becoming pole plate roof peak will be slightly higher ridge thick must be same.

Framing irregular hip roof. Saved by norcal a s. Enter the extension wall length into wall length and double the extension wall width then minus ridge thickness into the wall width entries. Irregular hip geometry framing dxf auto generated dxf cad file of irregular hip geometry drawing each time script is run. A regular hip has equal slopes on all sides while an irregular hip has different slopes on the main roof and hip end roof.

They are off center to illustrate this using sketchup and your models dimensions draw a right triangle with one leg at 25 9 3 8 and the other leg length at 17 2 5 8 now scale the triangle down so the hypotenuse is reduced to 1 1. When framing irregular hip valley roofs the h v rafter members are not equally split by the sheathing lines. 2007 jlc on complex roof geometry. Master carpenter series 2 464 views.

We ll use the 12 as the rotation point on the framing square and move the other end of the framing square to the edge of the hip rafter material using the 6 rotation dimension. It will display the framing square usage for the slope angle of the hip rafter 27 50055 6 12. Hip roof roof deck backyard gazebo pergola porch extension framing construction roof shapes roof lantern carpentry projects. Dedicated to the art of carpentery roof framing.

View the irregular hip roof valley rafter framing blog for how to layout the hip rafter backing depth mark and the hip rafter side cut mark for hip rafter side cut angles. Select the following information by using the drop downs to enter values in feet and inches. A hip and valley roof may be part of an irregular structure. Irregular hips geometry based on billy dillon s article in the sept.

Such buildings may have more than four hips in the roofs and they form valleys at the inside corners. Framing angle hip roof drawings. This type of roof is also called broken back hip and valley roof because the main hips are intconeected by the rafter of gables on one side and the rafter of the valley on the other. Porch roof extensions for hip roof porch extensions from an existing building wall you can use half the calculator results.

Next click on the hip angles button and then click on the hip valley rafter slope angle text. 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. We are the professionals for the future of the craft of carpentry.