Roof Framing Gable Intersection

All four valleys formed by the intersection converge at a central peak.

Roof framing gable intersection.

It is the form most commonly used by the navy. How to frame a wall intersection can we make the ceiling higher in the living room. Again choosing the easy way out we opted to build blind valleys aka california valleys where one intersecting roof is built on top of the other. For the purposes of this article i ll show how to frame the intersection of two hip roofs of unequal pitch.

Our addition would be a modified version insofar as there would be a higher continuous ridge and a slightly lower ridge broken by the intervening higher gable. Click here for enlarged image. Construction are the gable the hip the intersecting and the shed or lean to. The author begins any complex roof project by making a scale framing plan of the roof left.

It is simple in design economical to construct and can be used on any type of structure. Gable a gable roof has a ridge at the center and slopes in two directions. Hip the hip roof has four sloping sides. The diagonal rafter that runs from the intersection of the ridges down to the top of the walls at the inside.

Our addition would be a modified version insofar as there would be a higher con tinuous ridge and a slightly lower ridge broken by the intervening higher gable. The perspective sketch right shows the. It is the strongest type of roof because it is braced by four hip rafters. In a pure cross gable roof two ridges both at the same elevation intersect at 90.

An example of each is shown in figure 2 1. In a pure cross gable roof two ridges both at the same elevation intersect at 90. The gable roof on the porch addition was framed with a dropped structural ridge supporting the common rafters above. A gable roof is a heavy structure and if you want to prevent your roof from collapsing you ll have to frame.

All four valleys formed by the intersection converge at a central peak. A sketchup model helps clarify how various rafters and framing components are assembled in an off angle hip and valley configuration.