Framing Roofs Part 6

Wondering how to build the structure of your roof.

Framing roofs part 6. While most home builders will outsource the construction of roofing trusses the rafter supports of the roof itself learning to frame a roof yourself is one of the true arts of carpentry and a basic primer is covered below. This is denoted two ways a 1 3 or 1 4 pitch in fractions and a 6 12 pitch in inches which means the roof rises 6 inches for each 12 inches of run. This will the first point of the rafter measurement line using the results of your rafter length calculation measure from this point along the rafter measurement. Knowing the basic vocabulary is a necessary part of your work as a builder.

Flashing part 6 by kenton shepard and nick gromicko cmi the purpose of the series mastering roof inspections is to teach home inspectors as well as insurance and roofing professionals how to recognize proper and improper conditions while inspecting steep slope residential roofs. Roof framing terms are related to the parts of a triangle. A framing square is traditionally used for laying out the roof and determining pitch. Roof features associated with basic roof framing terms are shown in figure 2 2.

Roof framing rafter layout. In the following section we ll cover some of the more common roof and rafter terms you ll need. This video covers one of the most exciting parts of roof framing installing rafters. Pitch is the amount of angle or slope the roof has.

We will go over raft.