Framing Level Box Style Roof

The roof framing must also function as part of the roof diaphragm to transfer lateral loads to the shear walls below.

Framing level box style roof. It is a complex framing style that can be or usually is a variation of the hip roof but a gable home may also make use of bonnet frame. Next use these calculations to determine how many rafters you ll need for your roof and cut them to size. This type of roof provides more options for extending the loft and installing windows allowing a greater amount of natural light into the room. At the low end of the valley the subfascias of the two roofs are mitered with a block filling in the roof framing.

Measure form the top of this line down the board to determine the line length or length of the rafter less the ridge. Sheathing blocking is added along the valley and the sheathing pieced in for both roof planes. Common or box allowable shear plf anchor bolts 12 long or 15 for 2 pour upper floor sill. Position the square at the end of the rafter board with the tongue on your left and facing away from you.

A half hipped roof is almost identical to a simple hip roof design but instead the two sides of the roof are shortened creating eaves at the either side of the house. Roof framing 3 5 psf 1 2 drywall ceiling 2 0 psf insulation 2 0 psf d l 19 psf. Design criteria and specifications. Then gather your measurements by calculating the run rise and length of each rafter segment in feet and the pitch of your roof in inches.

It is used where large buildings are framed under one roof where hasty or temporary construction is needed and where sheds or additions are erected. As pictured above it is likely to extend much further than a mansard besides having the lower pitched slope on the bottom. When matched to the angle and proportions of other rooflines on the house your gable roof will add visual interest and character to the home making the addition look like an asset that belongs with the house. To frame a roof start by choosing a roof style like a frame or gabled.

The upper portion of the roof is heavily pitched and the lower slope is gently pitched. Add the length of the overhang beyond this mark and. The shed roof or lean to is a roof having only one slope or pitch. The roof is held up by walls or posts where one wall or the posts on one side are at a higher level than those on the opposite side.

Rather than a single slope a gable roof consists of two slopes that meet at a peak running down the middle of the roof. Rick arnold frequent contributor to fine homebuilding and the journal of light construction presenter at jlc live the katz roadshow the remodeling show.