How To Frame A Roof Pitch

Draw a diagonal line between 9 feet the run of the main roof on the tongue of the square and 7 feet 6 inches the secondary roof run on the blade.

How to frame a roof pitch.

The resulting angle forms the pitch of the roof. In a hip roof with equal pitches the unit run of a hip or valley rafter is 17 inches for every 12 inches of run in the main roof. Line up the square with the pitch end of the chord and mark the line with a pencil. Roof framing rafter layout.

To see how pitch impacts the look of a garage and changes cost click the design center button on our pole barn kits page. This will give the framing square the angle you need to make the ridge cut. Some carpenters like to make this. Measure down y height from the long point of the rafter cut and make a mark.

Add the length of the overhang beyond this mark and. So if the pitch of your roof is 7 12 place one stair gauge on the vertical part of the framing square the tongue at the 7 inches 18 cm mark and place one stair gauge on the horizontal part of the framing square the body at the 12 inches 30 cm mark. This will the first point of the rafter measurement line. Unit run of the hip.

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. Rick arnold frequent contributor to fine homebuilding and the journal of light construction presenter at jlc live the katz roadshow the remodeling show. Measure out each plumb cut. Position the square at the end of the rafter board with the tongue on your left and facing away from you.

Or if you want to raise the roof a bit more install fascia around the roof perimeter attached to the new soffit and nail the new roof deck to crown molding above the fascia. This gives the angle of the hip rafter. To provide a framework for the new trusses nail 2 by 6 inch strips of wood around the perimeter of the roof. To create the pitch of the roof a single piece of wood called a ridge beam is placed along the length of the home.

Roof pitch refers to the amount of rise a roof has compared to the horizontal measurement of the roof called the run.