Framing Large Hip Roof Overhangs

For this 6 in 12 pitch roof i made one leg 12 inches and the other 24 inches.

Framing large hip roof overhangs. I planned to use the experience to teach western style framing to the contractor s crew. What hip roofs demand in extra framing. Rick arnold frequent contributor to fine homebuilding and the journal of light construction presenter at jlc live the katz roadshow the remodeling show. An eave is the part of a roof that overhangs the building s exterior walls.

Parts of a roof the main structural parts of a roof are ceiling joists ridge board jack rafter hip rafter common rafters creeper rafters raking plates out riggers and noggings or last rafter overhang. A building with a hip roof has more eaves than a building with a gable roof. Tie down fixings tie down fixings are used to resist uplift and shear forces lateral loads in floor framing wall framing and roof framing. After cutting the angle i attached strips of 1x2 along the hypotenuse on both sides.

From that corner i cut a right triangle at the roof pitch doubling the rise and run dimensions so the jig could be used for cutting full size rafters. Misconceptions of stick framing.