Hip Roof Rafter Bracing

Nail one rafter on each side of the hip roof to brace the ridge board in place.

Hip roof rafter bracing. Bracing for roofs less than 6 6m wide on detached or staggered stepped buildings. Step 2 hang a plumb bob from the nail and mark the point where it touches the joist below the rafter using a pencil. The hips are in red common rafters yellow and for hips to work on a square roof like above each member is equal. Similarly hip and valley rafters provide the point of connection for roof rafters framed at angles.

If we consider the rectangular shape of most buildings then hip roofs will be constructed with two triangular sides and two trapezoidal sides. Diagonal rafter bracing should be approximately 45 to the rafters on plan. See saw miter and blade angle settings. Then nail the king rafters in place against the ridge board.

Bracing for larger roofs. There are 6 of these rafters on every hip roof. Bracing for roofs that are approximately square. However since there is some load transfer with these members the code requires a nominal 2 thickness and bracing to a load bearing partition at the upper end or to be designed as a beam with proper supports.

Hip rafters are simply called hips and are shown here as brown. Hip roofs have hip rafters which are oriented diagonally to the ridge and outside walls. Applicable to all trussed rafter roofs unless rigid sarking such as timber boarding or plywood is used. Measure the length of one of your rafters and mark the rafter at its midpoint.

The hip roof framing calculator returns the value of the main rafter the side rafter the length of the hip the height of the knee wall and the lengths of the jack rafters. 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. If you see sagging rafters recommend stabilization by a qualified contractor. King common rafters are the common rafters closest to the hip rafters.

Hip roof framing rafter cut angle template diagram if using a circular saw or compound miter saw set saw bevel angle to 45 to obtain creeper and hip side angles. Stabilization typically involves installation of a purlin system. You will learn some great tricks for using braces to keep. Select the following information by using the drop downs to enter values in feet and inches.

Tap a small nail into the side of the rafter at that point. In this video we cover how to brace a conventionally framed roof and why it is important to do so. Whereas in the case of square buildings hip roofs are more commonly pointed toward the top portion while forming a pyramid like structure.