Roof Framing Labeling

Label and identify the parts of a roof framing plan.

Roof framing labeling.

Transfers the load of the roof through the raftersto walls below. This is known as prescriptive. The framing of a basic gable roof is based on a right angle triangle and the various roof framing components fit the triangle. Standard stick framing or the newer truss framing.

Overhangs hips and dormers add greatly to the complexity of the framing. Tie down fixings tie down fixings are used to resist uplift and shear forces lateral loads in floor framing wall framing and roof framing. Stick truss roof framing. Roof framing rafter layout.

Nearly all roofs are framed using one of two methods. Figure 2 2 roof framing terms. And the line length measurement from the roof peak to the building wall is the hypotenuse. From one end of the rafter material using a speed square or framing square mark an x in 12 angle on the rafter and cut it measure down y height from the long point of the rafter cut and make a mark.

Line length is the hyptenuse of the triangle whose. Roof framing can be simple or complex depending on the roof. Introduction to prescriptive roof framing 3 prescriptive roof construction the international residential code irc and the international building code ibc set out specific guidelines within which conventional light frame wood structures may be built without the need for engineering analysis of each component. Parts of a roof the main structural parts of a roof are ceiling joists ridge board jack rafter hip rafter common rafters creeper rafters raking plates out riggers and noggings or last rafter overhang.

The run or half the building span is the base of the triangle. Parts of a roof a ridge board is a horizontal member of the roof frame. This will the first point of the rafter measurement line using the results of your rafter length calculation measure from this point along the rafter measurement. The point at which all the rafters are attached to.