Octagon Roof Framing

6 159 on the tongue and 10 on the body to draw out the plumb and level cuts of the octagon hip rafter.

Octagon roof framing.

For builder rick arnold taking a little more time to understand the framing was all he needed to get started on a successful project. Watch this video for a virtual tour of an octagonal roof framing model created in sketchup for the exploring octagonal roof framing tutorial at the digital. Sbe builders 5305 laguna ct. The octagon plan angle is 67 50.

Learn rick s method for framing an octagonal turret roof. Using the chappell master framing square line 1 under 8 12 6159. The hip rafter pitch is the common rafter pitch over 13 in like 8in 13in for an 8in 12in roof pitch. Framing an octagonal turret roof this roof shape may look complicated but it s basically the same process as framing a common 45 degree bay window roof.

The hip rafter angle is not the same as a 90 plan angle. Or they could have purchased a chappell master framing square that has the hexagon and octagon roof framing information printed on the square.