Hip Roof Detail Section

Roof detail drawings in an autocad format.

Hip roof detail section. If the wall plates are all square of equal lengths then the hipped rafters would form a pyramid shape like the picture above normally a roof is rectangle and there are more yellow common rafters. The hip roof is the most commonly used roof style in north america after the gabled roof. It is the strongest type of roof because it is braced by four hip rafters. Hip rafters are the diagonal rafters that span from the ridge at the top down to the corners of the roof.

Easy rafters does not calculate a complete four sided hip roof but rather calculates the common hip and jack rafters for one end of a hip roof. Insulated roof and non insulated roof detail drawings. A hip roof or a hipped roof is a style of roofing that slopes downwards from all sides to the walls and hence has no vertical sides. Hip roofs or so called hipped roofs are a special type of roof that has a very gentle slope at the sides with a downward pattern towards the side walls.

In a rafter roof all of these components are required to provide. The diagram above depicts the cross section of a typical prescriptive roof consisting of the rafters a ridge board ceiling joists and collar ties. The main structural parts of a roof are ceiling joists ridge board jack rafter hip rafter common rafters creeper rafters raking plates out riggers and noggings or last rafter overhang. Not shown are the hip and valley rafters needed to tie the roof together where the rafters are framed at an angle to each other.

A regular hip has equal slopes on all sides while an irregular hip has different slopes on the main roof and hip end roof. This style of roofing became popular in the united states during the 18 th century in the early georgian period. Place the 4 6 common rafters in their designated positions along the 2 longest walls and nail them firmly to the wall with a nail gun. Cad details document name pdf dwg download all cad construction details 37 1 mb 3 4 mb mc01 identification of roof areas 694 kb 167 kb mc01a single layer underlayment 678 kb 302 kb mc01b double layer underlayment 711 kb 322 kb mc02 vent pipe flashing 626 kb 349 kb mc03 valley.

These hip rafters run at a 45 angle from each corner of the building to the ridge. 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. A hip roof is a rectangular roof that slopes on all four sides. The first step in the process of erecting the hip roof is to get the ridge beam into place at the top of the roof.

Folded ridge ventilating ridge detail at eaves external gutter valley details detail at gable barge board detail at eaves with eaves gutter coping sheet with double hook. A disadvantage of the hip roof is that it is more difficult to construct than a gable roof.