Roof Joist To Frame Connection

Cross bridging between joists.

Roof joist to frame connection.

Cold formed steel framing steel bar joists concrete block joists and precast concrete roof systems. A house attached patio roof takes advantage of the house s structure by supporting one end of the roof on a ledger mounted horizontally to the house. 3 8d toe nails see notes in text above floor or ceiling joist to sill plate or girder top. Where ceiling joists are installed if the ceiling framing is not in parallel with the rafters then equivalent rafter ties are required to be added or a knee wall dwarf wall can be used when placed on a supporting beam that sits on the building the tops of the wall plates of the exterior walls.

Instead a wood i joist roof system is framed with either a central bearing wall or a structural ridge a beam that carries the roof load to posts. 2 8d into joists at each end of the block or bridging. The ledger typically a 2 by 6 is usually designed to hold one end of the patio roof rafters. Attaching 2x6 ceiling joists to steel beam blocking floor framing attaching a new deck to house the correct method how to build a deck the supporting floor joists.

The focus of this project was on connections used with conventional light frame wood roof construction. In addition there may be more than one way to connect the roof system to a wall. Rafter to top plate. Instead of an irc connection with just nails or with the rafters bearing against each other along a ridge board with a ceiling joist used as a tension tie a rafter in a cathedral ceiling needs to have vertical support at both ends.

3 8d into top plate. With wood i joists there is no practical way to make a strong shear connection between the floor joists and the rafter ends. Ceiling joist to top plate of wall. Nl8 non load bearing wall parallel to joist roofs rafters joists.

A literature review was conducted and supplemented with new research on the performance of conventional roof systems and components including ceiling joist to rafter connections and roof framing to wall connections. There are two common ways of framing the roof of a house. California redwood association patio roof connects to a ledger that firmly attaches to house framing. Number of nails required.

R1 roof framing r2 joist and rafter detail r3 roof framing isometric view r4 heel joint connection detail r5 ridge member connection detail r6 ridge member with coped rafters r7 roof eave and soffit detail r8 rafter and joist bridging. With premanufactured trusses or with rafters and ceiling joists commonly called stick framing. How to make stick frame roof connections stronger.