Framing A Roof Corner

Lay out the top and bottom plates on edge inserting the wall studs between the plates and nailing them in place at the.

Framing a roof corner.

Position the square at the end of the rafter board with the tongue on your left and facing away from you. Nail the overhanging portion of the top plate at the setback of the long. The framing square is used most frequently to find the length of the hypotenuse longest side of a right triangle when the lengths of the other two sides are known. Lay your square in the corner of the plywood drawing working from the side of the diagonal line that represents the main roof.

Check for squareness by measuring diagonally from each. Add the length of the overhang beyond this mark and. Nail the end stud of the short wall to the post corner with pairs of framing nails at each spacer block from bottom to top. You might find it helpful to assemble the wall on the floor nail it together and then raise it into place.

Keeping the outside edge of the blade flush with the edge of the plywood slide the square until the 12 inch mark on the tongue intersects with the hip. Measure form the top of this line down the board to determine the line length or length of the rafter less the ridge.