Framing For A Hip Roof
Tommy silva gives the apprentices a lesson in hip roof framing.
Framing for a hip roof. Especially when we set 4 by or 6 by lvl hips using a forklift it is easier to drop the hip into a nice pocket. Hip rafters are the diagonal rafters that span from the ridge at the top down to the corners of the roof. I prefer to run king commons off the end of the ridge and cut double cheek cuts on the hips as shown in the photo at left. Subscribe to this old house.
There are a couple of ways to lay out a hip roof at the ridge. This video explains in detail how to build a hip roof.
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