How To Frame Hip Roofs 6

How To Frame Hip Roofs 6

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Birdsmouth For A Hip Rafter

The height of a common rafter, from the top of the working point plumb line to the birdsmouth seat cut, must be determined before the hip rafter birdsmouth can be laid out and cut. See figure 6 and "How To Frame Gable Roofs". Because a hip rafter is 50 mm deeper than a common rafter and its working point lands on the corner of a building, the hip rafter will be higher above the wall plate than the common rafter.

Framing Hip Roofs Links

1.Framing Hip Roofs: Hip Roof Frame Components.
2.Framing Hip Roofs: Calculate The Hip Rafter & Overhang Line Lengths.
3.Framing Hip Roofs: Layout The Common, End Common, and Hip Rafters.
4.Framing Hip Roofs: Calculate The Adjustment Of The Hip Rafter.
5.Framing Hip Roofs: Measure The Hip Rafter Double Cheek Cut.
6.Framing Hip Roofs: Measure The Birdsmouth For A Hip Rafter.
7.Framing Hip Roofs: Align The Hip Rafter By Bevelling Or Dropping The Hip.
8.Framing Hip Roofs: Raise The Seat Cut By Dropping The Hip.
9.Framing Hip Roofs: Layout & Cut The Birdsmouth For An Exposed Hip Rafter.
10.Framing Hip Roofs: Calculate The Hip Rafter Overhang & Tail Cut.
11.Framing Hip Roofs: Calculate The Hip Jack Rafter Line Length.

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