How To Frame A Gable Roof Without Ceiling Joists

Rafters and ridge boards.

How to frame a gable roof without ceiling joists.

Gable roofs without ceiling joists provide a much higher and triangular shaped ceiling inside the home. Each truss is composed of two opposing rafters and a ceiling joist. I know you can do it with a gable having a structural ridge supported on each end but what about a hip. To avoid these problems in a structure with a cathedral ceiling it helps to understand how a typical roof frame works.

Contributing editor scott mcbride replies. In conventional gable roof framing the slope of the roof is formed by rafters that run diagonally downward from the peak of the roof to the tops of the exterior walls of. A gable roof is a simple symmetrical triangular roof. Wondering how to build the structure of your roof.

The shape and size of a roof depends on the span and the floor. A gable roof consists of two upward sloping sides that slope at the same angle and from the end look like a symmetrical triangle. How to frame a gable roof without ceiling joists. To build your gable roof you ll need wooden boards cut into joists rafters supports and a ridge board in addition to sheathing felt paper and shingles.

With no posts under the hip or ridge would it want to kick out and the ridge go down. A standard triangular roof known as a gable roof is framed using rafters which are diagonal members that support the roofing materials. This video covers one of the most exciting parts of roof framing installing rafters. We will go over raft.