Framing Swoop Roof

The rise or height of the roof at its peak is the altitude of the triangle.

Framing swoop roof.

Nail the first boards on top of your wall where you plan to build your roof. In figure 17 29 the square is set to a unit rise of 8 and a unit run of 12. Installing wood stripping under a tin roof. Collar tie also collar beam in profile the framing of a conventional pitched roof forms a triangle.

Start the layout by placing the tongue of the square along the heel plumb line and setting the square to the pitch of the roof. The roofing is manufactured in panels that. Nail 2 boards onto your walls as top plates. The inherent strength and integrity of the triangular form makes the roof a sound structure.

Use 8 penny nails to attach the first 2 in 4 in 5 1 cm 10 2 cm board to the wall studs. 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. The butt of a shingle is the end that faces down roof. Measure down y height from the long point of the rafter cut and make a mark.

This will the first point of the rafter measurement line. Tin roofing also known as metal roofing is considered more durable than composition or wood shingles. Roof framing rafter layout. Partially these will depend on the style of roof you ve selected but you ll also have some wiggle room depending on the design elements of the house.

Suppose the run of the overhang is 10. When you nail in the second boards offset the seams of the upper and lower layers by at least 24 in 61 cm. And the line length measurement from the roof peak to the building wall is the hypotenuse. A house being built with a swoop or skirting a bell shaped entry a radius cantilever deck and a swoop roof.

The framing of a basic gable roof is based on a right angle triangle and the various roof framing components fit the triangle. Another way to lay out the overhang is with the framing square.