Framing Hip Roof Porch
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.
Framing hip roof porch. For that reason we can use the same common rafters all the way around it. Ever wondered how to frame a hip porch. There are also no gables plus the slope of it is normally relatively gentle and also gives a lower appearance. It s because all the sides of the roof will slope downward to your house walls.
Attach 4 6 centering rafters and lift the ridge beam into place. We ll assume the new length of the roof below is 3 4 metres. 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. Rick arnold frequent contributor to fine homebuilding and the journal of light construction presenter at jlc live the katz roadshow the remodeling show.