Framing Pyramid Hip Roof

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Framing pyramid hip roof. Nails 3 1 2 inches long. Outlined below are the basic steps towards framing a pyramid hip roof. All four sides of the roof are equally hipped at all corners and they meet at a single centralized peak forming a distinct pyramid. A pyramid hip roof is built on a square building with four triangular sides that meet at a point at the top.

These pyramid roof structures are usually found atop gazebos and other pavilion buildings. Decide on the pitch of the pyramid roof you want to construct. 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. A hipped roof laid on top of a square structure creates a pyramid hip roof or the pavilion roof.

The hips are in red common rafters yellow and for hips to work on a square roof like above each member is equal.