Hip Roof Rafter Layout

Depending on the size of the roof most hip roofs will have 4 6 short jack rafters that are spaced out every 20 inches 51 cm between the hip rafters and the king common rafters.

Hip roof rafter layout.

Roof battens lath hip end side roof battens lath main roof side wall plate or inferior purlin cut corner connection roof. Enter the extension wall length into wall length and double the extension wall width then minus ridge thickness into the wall width entries. S1 s4 s13 s16 s17 s20 s25 28 hip rafters layout. The drawings are representative of all of the hip end side jack rafters and do not include the overall lengths which are available on the layout tab.

Hip roof framing plan truss layout jack rafters layout left side. The area where one section of roof meets other section is considered as the hip and the hip roof generally has very uniform angles without any vertical end. Hip roofs are constructed with four rafters that usually meet on a ridge board that is situated at the middle portion of the roof. Minus ridge thickness to allow for ridge becoming pole plate roof peak will be slightly higher ridge thick must be same.

Measure the distance between the angled hip rafter and the top of the wall at 20 in 51 cm increments and cut jack rafters to fit.