Framing For A Hip Roof

With single cheek cuts or double cheek cuts.

Framing for a hip roof.

Especially when we set 4 by or 6 by lvl hips using a forklift it is easier to drop the hip into a nice pocket. Subscribe to this old house. Http bit ly subscribethisoldhouse he explains the difference b. Hip rafters are the diagonal rafters that span from the ridge at the top down to the corners of the roof.

Tommy silva gives the apprentices a lesson in hip roof framing. I prefer to run king commons off the end of the ridge and cut double cheek cuts on the hips as shown in the photo at left.