Hip Roof Support Post

Ive done it both ways.

Hip roof support post. Once both of the brackets are secured set a post into them. Any post that will touch the ground should be pressure treated for decay resistance. Typically a post would be needed to prevent the weight on the rafters from splaying out the tops of the walls. With ceiling joists properly in place the roof is supported by the fact that it is made up of 4 triangles.

It seems to me that the hips would put a lot of thrust on the corners wanting to push outwards unless you had some kind of super strong bracket to bolt the hips into or something. Use 2 inch carriage bolts to secure the posts to the mounting brackets. You may have noticed that the roof framing for the gazebo above does not have a center support post to hold up the peak apex of the roof where all the rafters come together. Install another bracket in this position.

With no posts under the hip or ridge would it want to kick out and the ridge go down. Solid lumber such as 4 by 4s 6 by 6s and 8 by 8s. I ve worked on homes 120 years old with 1x6 hips and no sign of bracing or king posts and no sign of failure either. Posts and columns may be made from several types of materials.

Sometimes they e built up from more than one size of lumber. Once it is plumb mark the position on the porch roof. A correctly framed hip roof doesnt need a post to support the ridge beam the hip rafters are what gives the roof its strength when its being stick framed my question is why are you stick framing this why not just use trusses. Here we look at the most common.

Hip ridge face mount connector hrc is a field slopeable connector that attaches hip roof beams to the end of a ridge beam. Stand a post up in the bracket and hold a level on its side. Continue installing porch roof supports. Built with rough sawn doug fir post and beam 2x6 tongue and groove and sdws screws.

Unless your experienced with roof framing stick framing a hip is 2 3 times longer than using trusses. I was wondering about framing a carport with a hip roof and no ceiling joists.