Let s consider a basic gable wood roof framing design.
Framing roof layout 2 foot on center.
For more about wall framing see how to build an interior wall.
Pricing roof trusses.
A 2 x 4 should be 1 1 2 inch thick but often the actual thickness may be 1 3 8 or 1 9 16 inches.
Here we have a wood framed gable roof.
Sure there may be an instance where stick framing is your only option and that is understandable.
The image below shows a cross section of our simple 12 x 13 house from the joist span tables section of this tutorial.
This means from the exact center of one stud to the exact center of the adjacent stud is 16 or 24 inches.
For most load bearing requirements a roof truss will need to be placed every two feet along the walls.
Continuing on from part 3.
The exception according to the 2015 irc is 2 6 walls supporting two full floors plus a roof assembly above or 2 4 walls supporting one floor plus a roof assembly above zip sheathing can typically be installed either vertically or horizontally.
The pros of using roof trusses instead of stick framing.
A metal roof must also allow for some overlap on each side of the panels which will reduce the effective width of the panel.
Pros of using roof trusses instead of stick framing.
If you use on center spacing it doesn t matter if the material thickness varies a bit.
Studs wall framing members are placed on either 16 inch or 24 inch centers.
To determine how far apart to set rafters measure the width of the metal panel and then the width of the first hill and valley of the panel.
Hold the framing square with the manufacturer s name up.
How to order trusses.
Structurally in most cases exterior wall framing can easily be 24 in.
Many newer houses have 2 by 6 wall studs either 16 or 24 inches on center to make exterior walls stronger and create a larger cavity for wall insulation.
We will show two methods of laying out rafters.
Now that you have an idea about the materials you ll need as well as any mistakes you ll need to be wary of making it s time to get to work on the wall layout.
From one end of the rafter material using a speed square or framing square mark an x in 12 angle on the rafter and cut it measure down y height from the long point of the rafter cut and make a mark.
Most older houses have 2 by 4 wall studs spaced 16 inches on center.
Depending on how wide the home is you can divide the total length in feet by two to determine how many trusses will be needed.
Because your layout is based on the center of the material these minor differences are split equally to both sides.
This is called the face of the square and the opposite side is the back.
The pros of using roof trusses drastically outweigh the pros of stick framing.
One using a traditional framing 2 foot square and the second using the new c h.
Floor beam span tables of residential structural design we will now look at roof rafter and beam design.
