Roof And Ceiling Framing

The governing concept in the roof ceiling framing provisions is that loads on the roof are going to attempt to push the walls out and some resistance to that push must be provided.

Roof and ceiling framing.

Nail the 2 by 4s to the top of each ceiling joist with 2 16d nails. Depending on the roof design and the roof rafter spacing. With premanufactured trusses or with rafters and ceiling joists commonly called stick framing. There are several roof types.

Apart and attach the ends to the ends of the rafters. The gable roof hip roof gambrel roof flat roof shed roof mansard roof and many more custom roof types. While truss roofs are the most popular construction style today by some estimates truss roofs outnumber stick frame roofs two to one there are regions of the country where builders still prefer stick frame roofing. Roof framing depends on the type of roof you want to build.

Building codes such as the icc s 2012 international building code section 2308 10 roof and ceiling framing typically specify that where rafter ties are used they are required at intervals ranging from 12 to 24 o c. There are two common ways of framing the roof of a house. When framing your ceiling if the ceiling joists are not going in the same direction as the roof rafters 2 by 4s are added running in the same direction as the rafters. Ideally that resistance would be provided by connections between rafters and parallel ceiling joists.