How To Frame A Dutch Hip Roof

A gable roof construction features a sloping roof that is angled downward towards the home.

How to frame a dutch hip roof.

Dutch hip roof design is both aesthetic and practical. The hip section of the dutch roof requires several framing members. Applies to chief architect premier chief architect interiors and home designer pro. Here we consider two types of hipped roofs see picture.

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. Select build roof build roof to open the build roof dialog. 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 large overhang on a dutch hip roof requires a few changes to the normal construction method.

Hip rafters are the diagonal rafters that span from the ridge at the top down to the corners of the roof. It is sometimes also referred to as a dutch gable roof precisely because it contains both roof style features. 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. Open a chief architect plan in which you would like to create a dutch hip roof.

To figure out the lengths of all of these framing members i use the setback distance 5 ft. 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. A dutch hip roof is a combination of both the hip roof and gable roof features. To create a dutch hip roof manually.

This design is great because it is not only easy to build but it is also easily modified. 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. In 2011 i was given the opportunity to frame up four small houses with dutch hip roofs on a remote island in the tropics. In this example a simple 20 x 30 building with 109 1 8 ceiling height is used.

I planned to use the experience to teach the contractor s crew western style framing.