How To Frame A Dutch Hip Roof

Building length building width thickness of the ridge the actual ridge length.

How to frame a dutch hip roof.

Click on one of the side. To calculate the length of a ridge in a hipped roof you simply subtract the width away from the length. A dutch roof has elements of both a gable roof and a hip roof. The first step in the process of erecting the hip roof is to get the ridge beam into place at the top of the roof.

Raise the ridge board until it is between the rafters and affix a stud to the gable at the end which extends downward to the top plate. Attach 4 6 centering rafters and lift the ridge beam into place. When stacked the top centers of each pair of hips position on these lines. Rcs page 123 shows proper alignment of the top long point edge of a single cheek hip at the top edge of the ridge.

This is a short video to show how to achieve this. Importantly though you must add the thickness of the ridge back on to that measurement so we can use the same common rafters already measured we ve removed the 50mm purple ridge from above so need to now add 50mm on to the new longer ridge. I received a request on how to build a dutch gable or gablet roof. In this example a simple 20 x 30.

In this article builder larry haun explains how the framing is laid out cut and installed. Select build roof build roof to open the build roofdialog. The math to calculate that length is. Place the 4 6 common rafters in their designated positions along the 2 longest walls and nail them firmly to the wall with a nail gun.

Use nails and a brace to secure it. Check the box beside build roof planes then click okto. To create a dutch hip roof manually open a chief architect plan in which you would like to create a dutch hip roof. Use rafter tables to lay out commons hips and jacks at the same time the hip section of the dutch roof requires several framing members.