Hip Roof Rafter Spacing

For heavy roofs or in areas with substantial snowfall or winds call your local building department for code requirements.

Hip roof rafter spacing.

With the saw bevel angle set to 45 cutting hips and creepers at the plumb cut angle will produce correct side angles. If your project had a rafter length of 8 or less a safe and strong method is to use 2x8 framed 16 on center. If your local building authority has a rafter spacing code you may not space rafters wider than required by code. The hip end jacks tab displays a dimensioned side view and top view of the hip roof jack rafters for the hip end side of the hip rafter on an irregular hip roof.

Hip roof framing rafter cut angle template diagram. Since the hips connect diagonally to the ridge board the rafters close the edges of walls on either side of the hip rafters will be shorter. Select the following information by using the drop downs to enter values in feet and inches. See saw miter and blade angle settings.

The hip roof framing calculator returns the value of the main rafter the side rafter the length of the hip the height of the knee wall and the lengths of the jack rafters. Maximum rafter spans for a patio roof in areas with mild climates patio roofs are generally designed for loads of 30 psf pounds per square foot. These are called hip jack rafters. Typical rafter spacing codes will specify a minimum spacing of 16 inches 19 2 inches or 24 inches.

The drawings are representative of all of the hip end side jack rafters and do not include the overall lengths which are available on the layout tab. Rafter span tables use these tables to determine lengths sizes and spacing of rafters based on a variety of factors such as species load grade spacing and pitch. You ll use a king rafter anytime you construct a hip style shed roof. Minus ridge thickness to allow for ridge becoming pole plate roof peak will be slightly higher ridge thick must be same.

If using a circular saw or compound miter saw set saw bevel angle to 45 to obtain creeper and hip side angles. Enter the extension wall length into wall length and double the extension wall width then minus ridge thickness into the wall width entries. Visit the roof framing page for more information on cutting roof rafters and visit the roof pitch calculator for determining rafter lengths based on rise and run. As a general rule roofs that have a high human occupancy rate should be framed with rafters every 16 structures such as sheds or barns can be frames with rafters every 24 again make sure to consult local codes.

The spacing between rafters in a given building is part of the engineering calculations that determine the required structure of the roof. Other relevant factors include the type of wood being used for the rafters the size of the rafters and the load that the rafters need to support.