Roof constructed with rafters or trusses pitched over all perimeter walls.
Hip roof truss terminology.
Portion of the end wall above the eave line of a double sloped roof.
Each hip truss has the same span and overhang as the adjacent standard trusses but decreases in height with the top and bottom chords of its center portion parallel to each other and horizontal.
Hip end trusses that are supported by truncated girder and creates hip plane.
A hip roof hip roof or hipped roof is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls usually with a fairly gentle slope.
Hip truss this forms the hip line of the roof.
If the roof eave extends beyond the gable end wall by more than 1 then a dropped gable is normally used.
A gable roof has vertical planes usually on the.
Typical framing systems gable.
Truss terminology technical terms used in the truss industry may not be familiar.
Girder truss that creates dutch hip style roof by supporting hips and jacks trusses.
This extends over the truncated girder truss and finishes as the top of the hip.
Some of the more common are listed below and are illustrated on pages 3 4.
Creates roof plane by scotching over main trusses.
Hip end trusses that are supported by hip truss and creates hip plane.
They are almost always at the same pitch or slope which makes them symmetrical about the centerlines.
Intersection of two roof surfaces over an external corner of a building.
A hip roof on a rectangular plan has four faces.
It is similar to a half truss but has an extended top chord.
Thus a hipped roof house has no gables or other vertical sides to the roof.
The gable roof provides for the most basic of roof systems.