How To Frame A Dutch Hip Roof

A large overhang on a dutch hip roof requires a few changes to the normal construction method.

How to frame a dutch hip roof.

To figure out the lengths of all of these framing members i use the setback distance 5 ft. Open a chief architect plan in which you would like to create a dutch hip roof. This kind of roof design therefore works well with homes as well as barns garages and sheds. In this example a simple 20 x 30 building with 109 1 8 ceiling height is used.

Hip rafters are the diagonal rafters that span from the ridge at the top down to the corners of the roof. I planned to use the experience to teach the contractor s crew western style framing. 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. Quite often the triangle of the gable stands in line with the masonry wall below as the walls sometimes rise to the roof and even form a parapet.

1 pyramid hip roof roof base is a square roof sides are identical isosceles triangles 2 hip roof roof base is a rectangle two sides are identical isosceles triangles and two sides are identical trapeziums. Hip rafters that run 45 from the corners dutch common rafters that run perpendicular to the gable end and hip jack rafters that die into the hip rafters. It is sometimes also referred to as a dutch gable roof precisely because it contains both roof style features. Here we consider two types of hipped roofs see picture.

The hip section of the dutch roof requires several framing members. The slope of the gable roof keeps snow and rain from pooling so it will withstand extreme weather conditions as well as mildew mold and rot. A dutch hip roof is a combination of both the hip roof and gable roof features. This design is great because it is not only easy to build but it is also easily modified.

Applies to chief architect premier chief architect interiors and home designer pro. In 2011 i was given the opportunity to frame up four small houses with dutch hip roofs on a remote island in the tropics. To create a dutch hip roof manually. Select build roof build roof to open the build roof dialog.

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