Pent Roof Framing

Complicated custom home framing methodology from his years as a high end framing contractor along the california coast during the 80s 90s.

Pent roof framing.

There are speed and production tricks techniques from his years as a roof cutter and stacker in the los angeles housing tracts during the 70s. Basically a slanted roof style is a flat roof tilted high up at one edge to create a very steep slope. The thickness of the roof deck is a minimum of 12mm. Put down your first sheet of plywood at the corner of one end of the roof.

The rise or height of the roof at its peak is the altitude of the triangle. I decided on a slanted roof. 1 8 pitch is given so 24 x 1 8 equals 3 or unit of rise in inches. A sloped roof shed design also known as a pent roof design is a simple design that creates a structure that is more conducive to adverse weather like ice and snow.

And the line length measurement from the roof peak to the building wall is the hypotenuse. Drive a nail into each corner of the plywood to hold it in place temporarily. Step 4 set other trusses across the roof and nail them in place. If the unit of rise in inches is 3 then the cut is the unit of rise and the unit of run 12 inches or 3 12.

Framing of a pent roof shed is straightforward the roof is framed by a series of roof joists spanning from the front to the rear wall. Make sure it s lying horizontally across the exposed rafters and that the edges are flush with the edges of the end rafters. Figure 2 2 roof framing terms. Drive nails diagonally through the truss into the caps two nails on one side one on the other.

Line length is the hyptenuse of the triangle whose. And finally lessons learned from various arcane and oddball. Cover your rafter trusses with plywood sheathing. This type of roof is also.

The framing of a basic gable roof is based on a right angle triangle and the various roof framing components fit the triangle. The type of roof deck that is used and the distance between the front and the rear wall. I didn t want ridges or valleys which are a lot of work and can leak. Governed by two factors.

It s similar to a shed or lean to roof or a clerestory roof but has one visible difference. Fasten its bottom or joist chord which runs between the roof ends to the wall caps with 16d framing nails and a hammer.