How To Build Hip And Valley Roof

Start with a layout of a rectangular shape building.

How to build hip and valley roof.

The author describes a complex hip roof that is formed with trusses on the ground then lifted into place with a crane. First off the hip and valley roof design is an extremely basic direct and utilitarian design every single current trademark. Soup to nuts riley shows the proper way of installing a valley on a roof. By rick arnold mike guertin issue 100 synopsis.

Building hip and valley roofs with trusses keep the numbered trusses in order and entire hip sections can be assembled on the ground and lifted as single units. Attach 4 6 centering rafters and lift the ridge beam into place. The first step in the process of erecting the hip roof is to get the ridge beam into place at the top of the roof. Place the 4 6 common rafters in their designated positions along the 2 longest walls and nail them firmly to the wall with a nail gun.

Hipped roof construction can seem quite complicated to grasp at first but i m going to break it down and explain each area in detail. Now draw a 45 degree line from each corner toward the centerline that can help to establish location specifications for. Soup to nuts riley shows the proper way of installing a valley on a roof. I ll start at the beginning with the easy bits before tackling the more complicated stuff and that way hopefully i ll make it really clear and easy to understand exactly how to set out measure cut and install hip and valley roof rafters.

Locate a centerline at the middle section.