Stick Framing A Gambrel Roof

By joe stanton issue 141.

Stick framing a gambrel roof.

Stick truss roof framing. Gambrel definition the hock of an animal especially of a horse. Rafters must be notched on their bottom edges to fit on the wall plates. While truss roofs are the most popular construction style today by some estimates truss roofs outnumber stick frame roofs two to one there are regions of the country where builders.

If you plan on building and installing your own gambrel roof you ll have to draw out plans first to determine the proper dimensions. The project architect briefly discusses the. Shed roofs are usually the easiest type to connect to an existing roof when adding on. Gambrel roofs are symmetrical with two slopes on each side of the roof.

With premanufactured trusses or with rafters and ceiling joists commonly called stick framing. There are two common ways of framing the roof of a house. The gable roof hip roof gambrel roof flat roof shed roof mansard roof and many more custom roof types. Stick framing can also produce more complicated hip gambrel and mansard roofs or a combination of roof styles.

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. Overhangs hips and dormers add greatly to the complexity of the framing. Framing a gambrel roof site built trusses are a speedy way to frame this traditional barn shaped roof. A gambrel roof is a popular roof style on many contemporary barns and sheds.

A rhode island builder shows how he built trusses for this classic roof shape right on the job site simplifying a procedure that can be slow and cumbersome. There are several roof types. Roof framing can be simple or complex depending on the roof.