Framing On A Trailer Pitched Roof

In this 3rd video from our 3 part house framing series pro framer larry haun demonstrates how to build the roof for a modest size house.

Framing on a trailer pitched roof.

It is simply a reflective mat that can be rolled and applied directly to your roof or onto a frame fitted on top of the original roof. Bob confers with contractor larry landers as landers and his crew assemble the front porch framework on the wayland project house. 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. Position the square with both the 8 inch on the outside edge of the tongue and the 12 inch on the blade on the upper edge of the board.

Robin is working on an extension so we thought we d shadow him for the day and see how he creates a pitched roof or semi pitched roof leading up to a flat. Landers goes on to explai. Input the pitch of the roof that you calculated above we ll use 7 12 for reference throughout on the framing square. More expensive manufactured home will have better framing and a shorter distance between the roof trusses.

This will the first point of the rafter measurement line. Here are some advantages of tpo roof overs. See common questions about mobile home roofs here. Roof framing rafter layout.

The rafters should be in a triangular form with an additional piece of 2 x 4 going straight up the center. On the body of the square the longer side input the 12 and input the 7 on the tongue the shorter side of the square by lining up the stair gauges at the corresponding point on the square. The rafters should be placed every 2 4 inches for proper support of the roof. Rafter layout with a framing square.

For over 3 decades pitched roofs have been the most common manufactured home roof design. The amount of rafters needed will depend upon the size of the roof. This example is for a roof with an 8 12 pitch. Build the rafters on the ground and then lift them onto the roof.

Measure down y height from the long point of the rafter cut and make a mark.