Simple Roof Framing

Roof framing can be simple or complex depending on the roof.

Simple roof framing. When the roof framing was completed and decking installed there was a built in sag. Fasten the panels to the roof framing members using 1 1 4 inch galvanized wood screws. Flat roof framing is relatively straightforward. This is a protective layer that covers the sheathing.

This is the layer of material that goes on top of the frame and provides the surface of the roof. Overhangs hips and dormers add greatly to the complexity of the framing. In order to maintain the triangle shape there are specific requirements for how to fasten the corners of the triangle together. Align roof panel position the roof panels on the box making sure that the front and back overhangs are even and that the joint of the panels at the roof peak is tight.

Depending on the span many different materials can frame a flat roof. 2x framing wood joists timber framing laminated beams steel concrete or sips. This is the construction and installation of the roof frame which can be done with premade trusses. The roof makes up much or all off the walls of the home.

A stick framed roof uses 2x4 s or 2x6 s or whatever you are framing with but has a ridge board running down the middle ridge line. I don t know if the second carpenter didn t use the pattern rafter or simply wasn t as precise but it was a costly mistake. It can be framed like a floor system with horizontal framing members at 16 19 or 24 o c. It s steep pointed roof which extends all the way to the ground or close to the ground.

You then have rafters running down from this ridge board and resting on the top wall plates. Nearly all roofs are framed using one of two methods. It s a very simple roof design and is inexpensive because the roof serves as both roof and walls. The a frame is very easy to identify.

Standard stick framing or the newer truss framing. Rick arnold frequent contributor to fine homebuilding and the journal of light construction presenter at jlc live the katz roadshow the remodeling show. While most home builders will outsource the construction of roofing trusses the rafter supports of the roof itself learning to frame a roof yourself is one of the true arts of carpentry and a basic primer is covered below. Stick truss roof framing.