Framing Intersecting Roof Lines

Learn more about off angle roof framing.

Framing intersecting roof lines.

This type of roof is more complicated than the figure 2 1 most common types of pitched roofs. Is that it is more difficult to construct than a gable roof. Lay your square in the corner of the plywood drawing working from the side of the diagonal line that represents the main roof. To transition the eaves the horizontal fascia extends to the last rafter tail and a vertical return finishes the transition.

At the low end of the valley the subfascias of the two roofs are mitered with a block filling in the roof framing. The valley is formed where the two different sections of the roof meet generally at a 90 angle. A jack rafter is a shortened com mon rafter that may be framed to a hip. It extends from one gable end to the other at the peak of the roof.

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. The ridge board is the horizontal framing member that defines the roofline in a gable roof. A hip rafter is called for only when framing a hip roof but a valley rafter is needed on both hip and gable roofs whenever roof planes intersect. Explore framing complexities that result when roofs of two different pitches intersect.

A sketchup model helps clarify how various rafters and framing components are assembled in an off angle hip and valley configuration. Like the hip rafter it extends diago nally from the top plate to the ridge. Measure form the top of this line down the board to determine the line length or length of the rafter less the ridge. In a standard gable roof the ridge.

Rafter forms a depression in the roof instead of a hip. Intersecting the intersecting roof consists of a gable and valley or hip and valley.