Framing Intersecting Roof Lines

Is that it is more difficult to construct than a gable roof.

Framing intersecting roof lines.

A sketchup model helps clarify how various rafters and framing components are assembled in an off angle hip and valley configuration. The ridge board is the horizontal framing member that defines the roofline in a gable roof. Add the length of the overhang beyond this mark and. A hip rafter is called for only when framing a hip roof but a valley rafter is needed on both hip and gable roofs whenever roof planes intersect.

Keeping the outside edge of the blade flush with the edge of the plywood slide the square until the 12 inch mark on the tongue intersects with the hip. In a standard gable roof the ridge. Explore framing complexities that result when roofs of two different pitches intersect. At the low end of the valley the subfascias of the two roofs are mitered with a block filling in the roof framing.

Intersecting the intersecting roof consists of a gable and valley or hip and valley. This type of roof is more complicated than the figure 2 1 most common types of pitched roofs. To transition the eaves the horizontal fascia extends to the last rafter tail and a vertical return finishes the transition. The valley is formed where the two different sections of the roof meet generally at a 90 angle.

Measure form the top of this line down the board to determine the line length or length of the rafter less the ridge. Thus there arehip jack raftersand valley jack rafters. It extends from one gable end to the other at the peak of the roof. Learn more about off angle roof framing.

Sheathing blocking is added along the valley and the sheathing pieced in for both roof planes.