The key structural member is the hip rafter which spans from the building corner to the peak or the ridge.
How to cut rafters for hip roof.
Also it has to be cut to form a point so to cut a hip raffter plumb cut you need to set the circular saw over so it will cut 45.
The roof rafters provide integral structural support to the roof.
The ridge cut also called the plumb cut at the top of the rafter the birdsmouth cut.
These are called hip jack rafters.
This is covered in cutting common rafters mar 17.
Pitched roof rafter lengths for gable hip lean to roof construction how to calculate the length of common roof rafters you are ready to set out and cut the common rafter lengths as soon as the wall plates have been squared levelled and fixed strapped down onto the brickwork.
Before you cut your boards you ll need to measure the width of your building and calculate the exact length of each rafter.
Since the hips connect diagonally to the ridge board the rafters close the edges of walls on either side of the hip rafters will be shorter.
When you cut the rafters you ll need to make 3 separate cuts.
Hip rafter plumb cut.
The hip rafter plumb cut is a different angle to a common rafter plumb cut.
You ll use a king rafter anytime you construct a hip style shed roof.
If using a circular saw or compound miter saw set saw bevel angle to 45 to obtain creeper and hip side angles.
Hip roof framing rafter cut angle template diagram.
See saw miter and blade angle settings.
Before we explain hip rafters you need to understand how to lay out and cut common roof rafters.
Print full scale paper templates cut and fold over wood to mark and cut angles set bevel gauge.
Hip jack rafters are the shorter rafters that connect to the hip rafters.
If you are using a stanley quick square move the blade to the corresponding notch for the hip rafter.
If using a circular saw or compound miter saw set saw bevel angle to 45 to obtain creeper and hip side angles.
With the saw bevel angle set to 45 cutting hips and creepers at the plumb cut angle will produce correct side angles.
Measure the distance between the angled hip rafter and the top of the wall at 20 in 51 cm increments and cut jack rafters to fit.
