Framing Pyramid Hip Roof

Decide on the pitch of the pyramid roof you want to construct.

Framing pyramid hip roof.

Nails 3 1 2 inches long. A hip roof has four slanted sides unlike a gable roof that is shaped like a tent and has only two sides. These pyramid roof structures are usually found atop gazebos and other pavilion buildings. All four sides of the roof are equally hipped at all corners and they meet at a single centralized peak forming a distinct pyramid.

You will need to have a circular saw a measuring tape a 2 by 6 lumber nails and a hammer. If the wall plates are all square of equal lengths then the hipped rafters would form a pyramid shape like the picture above normally a roof is rectangle and there are more yellow common rafters. A pyramid hip roof is built on a square building with four triangular sides that meet at a point at the top. The hips are in red common rafters yellow and for hips to work on a square roof like above each member is equal.

Hip and valley roof.