Framing Cone Shaped Roof

Framing of conical roofs.

Framing cone shaped roof. More rarely they were made of masonry. Small conical roofs such as are frequently used on small circular towers are best framed as shown in fig. There are 2 kindsof conical roof molds. Mansard roofs are a type of hip roof where each sloping section is divided in two.

When well spiked together they thus form a continuous ring to resist the outward thrust of the rafters. Oddly enough the budget must be met. It wouldn t have a diameter of 8 5 untill about 6 10 above his top plate. Both of these molds contain the same basic block shapes.

Either of these molds can be used to make conical roofs for 3 4 6 and 8 diameter towers. The plate should be cut out of wide planks and always made of two thickness put together so as to break joint. A small circular turret or tourelle with a conical roof is called a pepperpot or pepperbox turret. The main difference between these two molds is the texture of the shingles.

Such conical roofs were usually constructed using a timber framed support structure covered with slate. Hip roofs can also be linked up to fit l shaped buildings or combined with gabled roofs such as on this house. In this case the cone roof was surrounded by a protective wall a parapet or a battlement.