Framing Cone Shaped Roof

There are 2 kindsof conical roof molds.

Framing cone shaped roof. Mansard roofs are a type of hip roof where each sloping section is divided in two. The main difference between these two molds is the texture of the shingles. The issue is not the 12 12 pitch pentagonal timberframe built with 6x12s but the lofting of the over framing to create an insulated conical shape that must fair into a 12x12 common roof constructed of 6x12 timberframe rafters. Conical roof framing actually via the formula below an octagonal structure with 8 5 foot legs will have a diameter of 22 2 1 2 between apexes.

Framing of conical roofs. Either of these molds can be used to make conical roofs for 3 4 6 and 8 diameter towers. When well spiked together they thus form a continuous ring to resist the outward thrust of the rafters. Oddly enough the budget must be met.

Hip roofs can also be linked up to fit l shaped buildings or combined with gabled roofs such as on this house. The plate should be cut out of wide planks and always made of two thickness put together so as to break joint. Small conical roofs such as are frequently used on small circular towers are best framed as shown in fig. A small circular turret or tourelle with a conical roof is called a pepperpot or pepperbox turret.

It wouldn t have a diameter of 8 5 untill about 6 10 above his top plate. More rarely they were made of masonry. To create maximum space under the roof the section near the walls rises steeply.