Hip Roof Framing Overhang

A dutch hip roof is a combination of both the hip roof and gable roof features.

Hip roof framing overhang.

Roof framing is one of those carpenter skills that appears quite complicated and indeed some roof designs are difficult. A hip roof or hipped roof is a type of roof design where all roof sides slope downward toward the walls where the walls of the house sit under the eaves on each side of the roof. Roofs are basically five types. I planned to use the experience to teach the contractor s crew western style framing.

It is sometimes also referred to as a dutch gable roof precisely because it contains both roof style features. A large overhang on a dutch hip roof requires a few changes to the normal construction method in 2011 i was given the opportunity to frame up 4 small houses with dutch hip roofs on a remote island in the tropics. A building with a hip roof has more eaves than a building with a gable roof. Rick arnold frequent contributor to fine homebuilding and the journal of light construction presenter at jlc live the katz roadshow the remodeling show.

By comparison a gable roof is a type of roof design where two sides slope downward toward the walls and the other two sides include walls that extend from the bottom of. Shed gable hip gambrel and mansard. Minus ridge thickness to allow for ridge becoming pole plate roof peak will be slightly higher ridge thick must be same. In 2011 i was given the opportunity to frame up four small houses with dutch hip roofs on a remote island in the tropics.

A large overhang on a dutch hip roof requires a few changes to the normal construction method. The gable portion of a dutch hip roof is usually placed at the end of the roof ridge and sits on top of the plane of the hip roof. Gable roof in a nutshell. I planned to use the experience to teach western style framing to the contractor s crew.

Porch roof extensions for hip roof porch extensions from an existing building wall you can use half the calculator results. Enter the extension wall length into wall length and double the extension wall width then minus ridge thickness into the wall width entries. What hip roofs demand in extra framing.