Parts Of A Hip Roof Frame

Tie down fixings tie down fixings are used to resist uplift and shear forces lateral loads in floor framing wall framing and roof framing.

Parts of a hip roof frame.

It is a waterproofing layer made of regular felt stacked above the solid. A composite decking made of solid materials it resembles real wood and particularly strong and stable for bearing heavy load. A horizontal timber or metal resting at the peak of the roof the rafters and trusses are connected to the ridge board for a cohesive framework. Hip this is an external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.

Sloped diagonal ridge between 2 sections of roof is called the hip ridge. Ridge board ridge beam. Also notice that a hip roof still has a ridge and eaves as do all peaked roofs. Rafters these are wooden beams that run from the top of the roof to the bottom.

A purlin is a horizontal piece of timber or metal which supports the roof s rafters or decking and helps to prevent your roof from sagging. A hip roof is a roof where the ends are also sloped. Parts of a roof. The gable end is replaced by a hip end.

Transfers the loadof the roof through the raftersto walls below. Hip roofs can be generally framed into a large variety of sizes that can be t or l shaped and may need a more complex frame structure. The common rafter will determine the height and length of the ridge board. Truss the truss is a framework comprised of wooden beams that helps to support the 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. Ridge board v s beam. A ridge board is a horizontal member of the roof frame. Rafters are sloped beams that run from the roof s ridge to the eaves.

Hip roof framing basics just like any other type of roof hip roof framing starts by figuring the length and cutting a common rafter. The rafters when combined together help to form the truss. A hip rafter extends from the wall plate to the ridge in the angle of a hip roof. The point at which all the raftersare attached to.

Supported by lally columns.