Simple Roof Framing

Stick truss roof framing.

Simple roof framing.

Nearly all roofs are framed using one of two methods. Hanson pivot square makes the chore of laying out a roof quite simple. The roof makes up much or all off the walls of the home. In order to maintain the triangle shape there are specific requirements for how to fasten the corners of the triangle together.

It can be framed like a floor system with horizontal framing members at 16 19 or 24 o c. Rick arnold frequent contributor to fine homebuilding and the journal of light construction presenter at jlc live the katz roadshow the remodeling show. It s steep pointed roof which extends all the way to the ground or close to the ground. A stick framed roof uses 2x4 s or 2x6 s or whatever you are framing with but has a ridge board running down the middle ridge line.

Overhangs hips and dormers add greatly to the complexity of the framing. Standard stick framing or the newer truss framing. Framing a roof is the last step in framing new construction. You then have rafters running down from this ridge board and resting on the top wall plates.

Depending on the span many different materials can frame a flat roof. Fasten the panels to the roof framing members using 1 1 4 inch galvanized wood screws. When the roof framing was completed and decking installed there was a built in sag. 2x framing wood joists timber framing laminated beams steel concrete or sips.

It s a very simple roof design and is inexpensive because the roof serves as both roof and walls. I don t know if the second carpenter didn t use the pattern rafter or simply wasn t as precise but it was a costly mistake. This is the construction and installation of the roof frame which can be done with premade trusses. The a frame is very easy to identify.

Roof framing can be simple or complex depending on the roof. Meeting current irc roof framing requirements means builders are really constructing very simple triangles using the rafters and ceiling joists because triangles are known to be the most stable shape. Flat roof framing is relatively straightforward. Align roof panel position the roof panels on the box making sure that the front and back overhangs are even and that the joint of the panels at the roof peak is tight.