Framing Intersecting Roof Lines

To transition the eaves the horizontal fascia extends to the last rafter tail and a vertical return finishes the transition.

Framing intersecting roof lines.

At the low end of the valley the subfascias of the two roofs are mitered with a block filling in the roof framing. 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. Position the square at the end of the rafter board with the tongue on your left and facing away from you.

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. Sheathing blocking is added along the valley and the sheathing pieced in for both roof planes. In a standard gable roof the ridge. The ridge board is the horizontal framing member that defines the roofline in a gable roof.

A sketchup model helps clarify how various rafters and framing components are assembled in an off angle hip and valley configuration. The valley is formed where the two different sections of the roof meet generally at a 90 angle. Explore framing complexities that result when roofs of two different pitches intersect. A jack rafteris a shortened com mon rafter that may be framed to a hip rafter a valley rafter or both.

Measure form the top of this line down the board to determine the line length or length of the rafter less the ridge. Intersecting the intersecting roof consists of a gable and valley or hip and valley. Add the length of the overhang beyond this mark and. Learn more about off angle roof framing.

It extends from one gable end to the other at the peak of the roof.