Framing Large Hip Roof Overhangs

Parts of a roof the main structural parts of a roof are ceiling joists ridge board jack rafter hip rafter common rafters creeper rafters raking plates out riggers and noggings or last rafter overhang.

Framing large hip roof overhangs.

For this 6 in 12 pitch roof i made one leg 12 inches and the other 24 inches. A large overhang on a dutch hip roof requires a few changes to the normal construction method in 2011 i was given the opportunity to frame up 4 small houses with dutch hip roofs on a remote island in the tropics. Tie down fixings tie down fixings are used to resist uplift and shear forces lateral loads in floor framing wall framing and roof framing. A building with a hip roof has more eaves than a building with a gable roof.

What hip roofs demand in extra framing. From that corner i cut a right triangle at the roof pitch doubling the rise and run dimensions so the jig could be used for cutting full size rafters. Rick arnold frequent contributor to fine homebuilding and the journal of light construction presenter at jlc live the katz roadshow the remodeling show. After cutting the angle i attached strips of 1x2 along the hypotenuse on both sides.

Misconceptions of stick framing. An eave is the part of a roof that overhangs the building s exterior walls.