Framing Roof Layout

The roof rafters provide integral structural support to the roof.

Framing roof layout.

Partially these will depend on the style of roof you ve selected but you ll also have some wiggle room depending on the design elements of the house. If you re framing a gable roof on a new house or building a shed or even a doghouse with a gable roof you ll need to cut a number of roof rafters. From one end of the rafter material using a speed square or framing square mark an x in 12 angle on the rafter and cut it measure down y height from the long point of the rafter cut and make a mark. 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.

Roof framing is one of those carpenter skills that appears quite complicated and indeed some roof designs are difficult. We will then discuss the framing square and learn how it s used to solve some basic construction problems. Before you cut your boards you ll need to measure the width of your building and calculate the exact length of each rafter. Another common design in the northeast is the saltbox which is a gable roof with one longer side.

It s a very simple roof design and is inexpensive because the roof serves as both roof and walls. The framing style of the roof refers to the actual components of each roofing truss and the design of the structural foundation of that roof. Roof framing rafter layout. Shed gable hip gambrel and mansard.

But before discussing roof framing we will first review some basic terms and definitions used in roof construction. Roof framing in this chapter we will introduce you to the fundamentals of roof design and construction. The roof makes up much or all off the walls of the home.