How to Build a Hip Roof
Measure the length of your common rafters, hip rafters and ridge beam allowing room at the end of the common rafters and hip rafters for the ridge beam to fit., Measure the common rafters according to your desired pitch, or angle, of the roof. , Cut...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Measure the length of your common rafters
Common rafters are those which run from the top of the wall to the top of the roof.
Hip rafters run along the joints where two faces of the roof meet.
Measure these according to pitch.
The ridge board runs along the top of the roof and where the common rafters and hip rafters meet.
Measure this according to the length of your building and the length of the other rafters that will meet it. -
Step 2: hip rafters and ridge beam allowing room at the end of the common rafters and hip rafters for the ridge beam to fit.
, You should have enough common rafters so that there is one every 20 inches (or 50 cm) along the walls.
On a simple roof over a rectangular building, there will be four hip rafters and one ridge board. ,, Jack rafters connect hip rafters to the walls. ,,,, The common rafters and ridge beam should now stand solidly on their own. ,,,,,, -
Step 3: Measure the common rafters according to your desired pitch
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Step 4: or angle
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Step 5: of the roof.
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Step 6: Cut these rafters to size.
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Step 7: Measure the length of your jack rafters.
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Step 8: Cut the jack rafters to size and place one every 20 inches (or 50 cm) along the walls.
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Step 9: Mark along the walls the spots where the common rafters
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Step 10: hip rafters and jack rafters will be secured.
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Step 11: Place the common rafters in their designated positions and lift the ridge beam to the correct height.
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Step 12: Nail the common rafters to the ridge beam.
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Step 13: Secure the common rafters to the wall using ceiling joists for extra support.
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Step 14: Nail the hip rafters to the ridge beam and secure them to the corners of the walls using ceiling joists for extra support.
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Step 15: Nail the jack rafters to the hip rafters and secure them to the walls.
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Step 16: Measure and cut plywood sheathing to cover all faces of the roof.
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Step 17: Leave extra room at the bottom edges of the sheathing so that the roof hangs over the walls.
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Step 18: Nail to the plywood sheathing to the rafters.
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Step 19: Attach any extra roofing material as desired.
Detailed Guide
Common rafters are those which run from the top of the wall to the top of the roof.
Hip rafters run along the joints where two faces of the roof meet.
Measure these according to pitch.
The ridge board runs along the top of the roof and where the common rafters and hip rafters meet.
Measure this according to the length of your building and the length of the other rafters that will meet it.
, You should have enough common rafters so that there is one every 20 inches (or 50 cm) along the walls.
On a simple roof over a rectangular building, there will be four hip rafters and one ridge board. ,, Jack rafters connect hip rafters to the walls. ,,,, The common rafters and ridge beam should now stand solidly on their own. ,,,,,,
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