Roof A Frame

This video covers one of the most exciting parts of roof framing installing rafters.

Roof a frame.

The framing style of the roof refers to the actual components of each. Understand the different measurements. Roof framing rafter layout. Measure form the top of this line down the board to determine the line length or length of the rafter less the ridge.

Add the length of the overhang beyond this mark and. This will the first point of the rafter measurement line. Designing the roof 1. Like wall studs and floor joists rafters and trusses are spaced every 16 or 24 inches from center to center.

Position the square at the end of the rafter board with the tongue on your left and facing away from you. Choose a style of roof. An a frame house or other a frame building is an architectural house or building style featuring steeply angled sides roofline that usually begin at or near the foundation line and meet at the top in the shape of the letter a. From one end of the rafter material using a speed square or framing square mark an x in 12 angle on the rafter and cut it.

Most roofs utilize 16 inch spacings for strength and rigidity. An a frame ceiling can be open to the top rafters. Measure down y height from the long point of the rafter cut and make a mark. The rafters are usually positioned directly above the wall studs.

We will go over raft. If you want to frame a roof you ve got two important choices to make in terms of design.