Stick Frame Roof Construction

The framing of a basic gable roof is based on a right angle triangle and the various roof framing components fit the triangle.

Stick frame roof construction.

Here we have a wood framed gable roof. Stick framing can t span very far. Additional boards are placed horizontally on the frames to create a complete cover for the structure. A stick framed roof is made up of individual rafters and that are connected to a top beam.

Continuing on from part 3. Framers stick building a hip roof you can learn a great deal about roof framing by understanding the concepts of framing a gable or shed roof. Use 8 penny nails to attach the first 2 in 4 in 5 1 cm 10 2 cm board to the wall studs. Like wall studs and floor joists rafters and trusses are spaced every 16 or 24 inches from center to center.

The two basic types of roof construction stick framing and truss assembly both produce a structurally sound roof. Stick framing requires larger lumber and more of it. There are two common ways of framing the roof of a house. When you nail in the second boards offset the seams of the upper and lower layers by at least 24 in 61 cm.

Let s consider a basic gable wood roof framing design. Stick framing combines roof rafters with ceiling joists. The run or half the building span is the base of the triangle. It is easy for boards to walk off the job site when they are loose and in easy to carry pieces.

With stick building which is more commonly used in building homes the frames are often built over a crawlspace or basements. With premanufactured trusses or with rafters and ceiling joists commonly called stick framing. Nail 2 boards onto your walls as top plates. The gable roof hip roof gambrel roof flat roof shed roof mansard roof and many more custom roof types.

The rafters are usually positioned directly above the wall studs. Roof framing depends on the type of roof you want to build. Stick framing a roof requires framers to spend much more time on scaffolding ladders and above ground which means more chance for accidents. The rise or height of the roof at its peak is the altitude of the triangle.

Most roofs utilize 16 inch spacings for strength and rigidity. Stick framing takes place on site while trusses come prefabricated and ready to. The beam or the ridge is the central part of the structure as all the framing must be connected to it. The image below shows a cross section of our simple 12 x 13 house from the joist span tables section of this tutorial.

The frame generally requires a continuous concrete foundation support which results in significantly higher foundation costs. Floor beam span tables of residential structural design we will now look at roof rafter and beam design.