Framing Roof Of Bay Window

Plan out the roof.

Framing roof of bay window.

Part 1 build the roof first to make the installation a little easier. Framing a gable roof over a bay cantilevering the ceiling joists beyond the walls makes this challenging roof detail stronger and easier to build. In this video rick arnold shows us his simplified method for laying out and building a bay roof. Once the window is lined up on the inside of the window drill the top of the bay window into the joist above it.

Part 2 with the roof built it s time to install the window. The starting pitch is 3 12 and the ending pitch is 16 12. Grab a handful of wood screws and a drill. Before you can start on the roof you ll have to install the bay window itself.

This bay window rafter script will print out a chart of all rafter lengths and angles for the baywindow. Place 1 screw every 4 5 inches 10 13 cm. We added information from each image that we get including set size and resolution. Auto generated rafter tables for equal pitch bay window roof with 45 wall angles.

Install the bay window after careful planning. You ll also have to plan for the bay window roof. Unlike a traditional hip roof the roof over a bay window with 45 degree sides is based on an octagonal roof but most people don t know how to frame an octagonal roof. Supporting a cantilevered bay before building that eye catching bay on the side of the house you have to get the floor framing right first.

Step 1 plan and install the bay window. Once the window the window frame and the window cap are all in place and have been secured and insulated you can get started on framing the roof. Plan carefully consulting with the architectural plans before commencing work. But once the window its frame and its cap are in place you can get started framing the roof.

How to install a bay window. This involves careful planning and thoroughly consulting architectural plans for the window first. How to install a bay window. Before you get started with the roof the bay window itself needs to be in place.

We like them maybe you were too. Please click the picture to see the large or full size image. We asked one of our veteran builders to show us how it s done.