Stick Frame Roof Construction

Additional boards are placed horizontally on the frames to create a complete cover for the structure.

Stick frame roof construction.

The rafters are usually positioned directly above the wall studs. Stick framing takes place on site while trusses come prefabricated and ready to. Stick framing a roof requires framers to spend much more time on scaffolding ladders and above ground which means more chance for accidents. Nail 2 boards onto your walls as top plates.

Nail the first boards on top of your wall where you plan to build your roof. Here we have a wood framed gable roof. There are several roof types. Stick framing combines roof rafters with ceiling joists.

With premanufactured trusses or with rafters and ceiling joists commonly called stick framing. Most roofs utilize 16 inch spacings for strength and rigidity. A stick framed roof is made up of individual rafters and that are connected to a top beam. Stick framing can t span very far.

The rise or height of the roof at its peak is the altitude of the triangle. The frame generally requires a continuous concrete foundation support which results in significantly higher foundation costs. Let s consider a basic gable wood roof framing design. Stick framing requires larger lumber and more of it.

It is easy for boards to walk off the job site when they are loose and in easy to carry pieces. Continuing on from part 3. With stick building which is more commonly used in building homes the frames are often built over a crawlspace or basements. The gable roof hip roof gambrel roof flat roof shed roof mansard roof and many more custom roof types.

The beam or the ridge is the central part of the structure as all the framing must be connected to it. Floor beam span tables of residential structural design we will now look at roof rafter and beam design. Like wall studs and floor joists rafters and trusses are spaced every 16 or 24 inches from center to center. The framing of a basic gable roof is based on a right angle triangle and the various roof framing components fit the triangle.

The run or half the building span is the base of the triangle. When you nail in the second boards offset the seams of the upper and lower layers by at least 24 in 61 cm. Use 8 penny nails to attach the first 2 in 4 in 5 1 cm 10 2 cm board to the wall studs. Roof framing depends on the type of roof you want to build.

And the line length measurement from the roof peak to the building wall is the hypotenuse. The image below shows a cross section of our simple 12 x 13 house from the joist span tables section of this tutorial.