Simple Roof Framing

Depending on the span many different materials can frame a flat roof.

Simple roof framing.

Meeting current irc roof framing requirements means builders are really constructing very simple triangles using the rafters and ceiling joists because triangles are known to be the most stable shape. You then have rafters running down from this ridge board and resting on the top wall plates. The roof makes up much or all off the walls of the home. Standard stick framing or the newer truss framing.

In order to maintain the triangle shape there are specific requirements for how to fasten the corners of the triangle together. Nearly all roofs are framed using one of two methods. It s a very simple roof design and is inexpensive because the roof serves as both roof and walls. When the roof framing was completed and decking installed there was a built in sag.

Stick truss roof framing. The a frame is very easy to identify. While most home builders will outsource the construction of roofing trusses the rafter supports of the roof itself learning to frame a roof yourself is one of the true arts of carpentry and a basic primer is covered below. Fasten the panels to the roof framing members using 1 1 4 inch galvanized wood screws.

It s steep pointed roof which extends all the way to the ground or close to the ground. This is the construction and installation of the roof frame which can be done with premade trusses. Framing a roof is the last step in framing new construction. A stick framed roof uses 2x4 s or 2x6 s or whatever you are framing with but has a ridge board running down the middle ridge line.

Overhangs hips and dormers add greatly to the complexity of the framing. This is the layer of material that goes on top of the frame and provides the surface of the roof. This is a protective layer that covers the sheathing. Flat roof framing is relatively straightforward.

Roof framing can be simple or complex depending on the roof. 2x framing wood joists timber framing laminated beams steel concrete or sips. Rick arnold frequent contributor to fine homebuilding and the journal of light construction presenter at jlc live the katz roadshow the remodeling show. It can be framed like a floor system with horizontal framing members at 16 19 or 24 o c.