Hip Roof Rafters

Here you can calculate hip roof parameters by hip raise and base parameters.

Hip roof rafters.

They must must be on the same level. If the wall plates are all square of equal lengths then the hipped rafters would form a pyramid shape like the picture above normally a roof is rectangle and there are more yellow common rafters. The 4 hip rafters begin at the 4 corners of the roof and connect to the ridge beam. After they re up you can snap a line to mark and trim the tails in a nice straight line to make up for any ridge warp or marking cutting and fixing errors.

Common rafters in a hip roof that meet at right angles on either side of the hip rafter. Hip rafters are the diagonal rafters that span from the ridge at the top down to the corners of the roof. Span for the main rafters measure from outside of wall to outside of wall. Next set the framing square on top of the rafter beam and use a pencil to trace the outside edge of the framing square s tongue.

The ridge beam runs along horizontally along the top of the roof and is supported by the other rafters. 1 pyramid hip roof roof base is a square roof sides are identical isosceles triangles 2 hip roof roof base is a rectangle two sides are identical isosceles triangles and two sides are identical trapeziums. Calculation of the hip roof truss system with a detailed drawing of the whole structure in general with dimensions and final data the sizes of all the rafters of a hip roof separately slope diagonal etc. Hip backing angle 15 4 for a good straight fascia add an extra inch or 2 to the tails of all your rafters total length.

The calculation of counter battens and roof battens. Distance on a rafter measured in a plumb line from the top outside edge of the plate to the top edge of the rafter. Once you ve marked the lines use your pencil to draw the diagonal length on the rafter. The hip roof framing calculator returns the value of the main rafter the side rafter the length of the hip the height of the knee wall and the lengths of the jack rafters.

Select the following information by using the drop downs to enter values in feet and inches. Easy rafters does not calculate a complete four sided hip roof but rather calculates the common hip and jack rafters for one end of a hip roof. Hip roof a hip roof is a rectangular roof that slopes on all four sides. Roof framing members that go from the top wall plates to the ridge.

To cut roof rafters start by fixing the stair gauges on your framing square to the dimensions of your pitch.