How To Cut A Hip Roof

Rick arnold frequent contributor to fine homebuilding and the journal of light construction presenter at jlc live the katz roadshow the remodeling show.

How to cut a hip roof.

Hip rafter plumb cut the hip rafter plumb cut is a different angle to a common rafter plumb cut. Https amzn to 3adarko hikoki circular saw kit. Dab digital smart ear defender. An understanding of basic roof framing and rafter.

To understand how a hip rafter functions in a hip roof and to understand this particular method of calculating and cutting the hip rafter. For an excellent article on the traditional way to frame a hip roof take a look at tim uhler s framing a hip roof sep 13. Now you need to carefully cut the edges of the shingle. Again you have to do it in a way so that it matches the angle of the ridge of the hip roof it is lying against.

A dutch hip roof is a combination of both the hip roof and gable roof features. It is sometimes also referred to as a dutch gable roof precisely because it contains both roof style features. The gable portion of a dutch hip roof is usually placed at the end of the roof ridge and sits on top of the plane of the hip roof. This needs to be done in a way which would allow the bottom of the shingle to lie even with the bottom edge of the hip roof.