Framing On A Trailer Pitched Roof

Position the square at the end of the rafter board with the tongue on your left and facing away from you.

Framing on a trailer pitched roof.

In this 3rd video from our 3 part house framing series pro framer larry haun demonstrates how to build the roof for a modest size house. Measure down y height from the long point of the rafter cut and make a mark. The rafters should be in a triangular form with an additional piece of 2 x 4 going straight up the center. Here are some advantages of tpo roof overs.

See common questions about mobile home roofs here. The amount of rafters needed will depend upon the size of the roof. Robin is working on an extension so we thought we d shadow him for the day and see how he creates a pitched roof or semi pitched roof leading up to a flat. All of the truss designs are usually placed every 16 or 24 on center.

Build the rafters on the ground and then lift them onto the roof. From one end of the rafter material using a speed square or framing square mark an x in 12 angle on the rafter and cut it. Landers goes on to explai. They are suitable for flat or pitched roofs.

For over 3 decades pitched roofs have been the most common manufactured home roof design. This example is for a roof with an 8 12 pitch. More expensive manufactured home will have better framing and a shorter distance between the roof trusses. Bob confers with contractor larry landers as landers and his crew assemble the front porch framework on the wayland project house.

It is simply a reflective mat that can be rolled and applied directly to your roof or onto a frame fitted on top of the original roof. Rafter layout with a framing square. Roof framing rafter layout. This will the first point of the rafter measurement line.

The rafters should be placed every 2 4 inches for proper support of the roof.