First i attach a set of stair gauges to my framing square so i can make precise repetitive marks.
Roof framing rafter layout.
Floor beam span tables of residential structural design we will now look at roof rafter and beam design.
Marking the birdsmouth and the ridge board setback.
To lay out a common rafter you need the pitch of the roof expressed in units of rise per foot of run in the gable roof example shown here a rafter with 6 in 12 pitch rises 6 in.
For every foot.
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.
Here we have a wood framed gable roof.
Before you start cutting you first need to determine how long your roof rafters.
Roof framing rafter layout from one end of the rafter material using a speed square or framing square mark an x in 12 angle on the rafter and cut it.
Measure form the top of this line down the board to determine the line length or length of the rafter less the ridge.
Calculating rafter length 1.
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This will the first point of the rafter measurement line.
The layout the next step is to layout and cut the rafter.
The ridge end of the rafter and often the eve end will need to be cut to the angle of the roof slope.
Subtract the width of your ridge beam.
In this case i attach the gauges for a 6 12 pitch 6 in.
On the body of the square.
The image below shows a cross section of our simple 12 x 13 house from the joist span tables section of this tutorial.
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Flip the square over and place the tongue along the line made in illustration b.
On the tongue of the square and 12 in.
Measure the width of your building.
Measure down y height from the long point of the rafter cut and make a mark.
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Let s consider a basic gable wood roof framing design.
Position the square at the end of the rafter board with the tongue on your left and facing away from you.
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.
The ridge beam is the vertical piece of plywood which will form the peak of.
Add the length of the overhang beyond this mark and.
Continuing on from part 3.
Divide the adjusted width.
Measure up a distance equal to 25 of the width of the rafter as shown in illustration c and put a mark.
