How To Cut Rafters For A Hip Roof

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.

How to cut rafters for a hip roof.

Hip roof framing rafter cut angle template diagram. These are called hip jack rafters. Print full scale paper templates cut and fold over wood to mark and cut angles set bevel gauge. 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 hip end jacks tab displays a dimensioned side view and top view of the hip roof jack rafters for the hip end side of the hip rafter on an irregular hip roof. There are many variations on hip roofs and their construction but for the purpose. Before you cut your boards you ll need to measure the width of your building and calculate the exact length of each rafter. The drawings are representative of all of the hip end side jack rafters and do not include the overall lengths which are available on the layout tab.

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. The key structural member is the hip rafter which spans from the building corner to the peak or the ridge. Hip jack rafters are the shorter rafters that connect to the hip rafters. If using a circular saw or compound miter saw set saw bevel angle to 45 to obtain creeper and hip side angles.

When you cut the rafters you ll need to make 3 separate cuts. If you are using a stanley quick square move the blade to the corresponding notch for the hip rafter. Before we explain hip rafters you need to understand how to lay out and cut common roof rafters. This is covered in cutting common rafters mar 17.

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. Depending on the size of the roof most hip roofs will have 4 6 short jack rafters that are spaced out every 20 inches 51 cm between the hip rafters and the king common rafters.