Framing Eaves Of A Roof

If the lower section of the roof rafters or rafter tail extends beyond the exterior wall the projection forms an overhang or eave.

Framing eaves of a roof.

Open eaves with trusses. An eave is the part of a roof that overhangs the building s exterior walls. Finish the eaves framing after ripping the top of the subfascia with a circular saw set to 26 5 degrees i flushed the top ripped edge with the top of the plumb cut on the rafters and screwed the subfascia to the rafter tails. For gabled roofs the roof rafters extending beyond the wall caps creating an angled roof overhang on the eaves.

The run or half the building span is the base of the triangle. Due to the steeper angle of gable roof the maximum width of the eaves is narrower than other shed styles. Doing so raises the eave which. What hip roofs demand in extra framing.

The rise or height of the roof at its peak is the altitude of the triangle. A building with a hip roof has more eaves than a building with a gable roof. Before roof trusses the exposed rafter tails were an extension of the roof framing. When designing an open eave with roof trusses make sure that you raise the heel of the truss and use a thicker top chord.

On both ends of the roof i let the subfascia run out beyond the anticipated width of the rakes. And the line length measurement from the roof peak to the building wall is the hypotenuse. The framing of a basic gable roof is based on a right angle triangle and the various roof framing components fit the triangle.