Roofs are basically five types.
Roof framing typical wood details.
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Roof framing is one of those carpenter skills that appears quite complicated and indeed some roof designs are difficult.
An example of each is shown in figure 2 1.
Vertical rise over horizontal run.
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Shed gable hip gambrel and mansard.
Common types of roofs and basic framing terms.
Typical prescriptive roof framing 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.
The substructure to which the metal panels are fastened must be properly spaced and sufficiently thick to provide a roof or wall system able to meet required design loads.
Types of roofs the most commonly used types of pitched roof construction are the gable the hip the intersecting and the shed or lean to.
Gable a gable roof has a ridge at the center and slopes in two directions.
Roof pitch the roof pitch is the numerical measure of how steep or shallow a roof is.
It is the form most commonly used by.
Another common design in the northeast is the saltbox which is a gable roof with one longer side.
4 12 through 9 12 are the most common pitches.
In the u s it is defined by the rise in inches to a 12 run.
Modern timber roofs are mostly framed with pairs of common rafters or prefabricated wooden trusses fastened together with truss connector plates.
A 2 nominal lumber thickness provides the maximum pullout values for both screws and nails when the fasteners penetrate a minimum of 1 into the wood.
The details were adapted from figures in the apa publication the advanced framing construction guide form m400 which highlights construction.
3 inch rise per 12 run is a 3 12 pitch roof.