Roof Eave Framing

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Roof eave framing.

To ensure our content is always up to date with current information best practices and professional advice articles are routinely reviewed by industry experts with years of hands on experience. The ceiling joists pushed the rafters up and gave extra height to the building. Blind valleys simplify framing. After installing the rafters we still had to extend the porch roof back over the shed roof creating a valley on either side.

The run or half the building span is the base of the triangle. And the line length measurement from the roof peak to the building wall is the hypotenuse. An eave is the part of a roof that overhangs the building s exterior walls. To keep the porch roof framing as simple as possible we installed a structural ridge supported by posts at each end with the common rafters landing on top of the ridge.

Open eaves with trusses. On both ends of the roof i let the subfascia run out beyond the anticipated width of the rakes. The rise or height of the roof at its peak is the altitude of the triangle. When designing an open eave with roof trusses make sure that you raise the heel of the truss and use a thicker top chord.

The framing of a basic gable roof is based on a right angle triangle and the various roof framing components fit the triangle. What hip roofs demand in extra framing. How to box frame roof eaves written by piyush jain on feb 07 2010.