Notched Gable Roof

If you re framing a gable roof on a new house or building a shed or even a doghouse with a gable roof you ll need to cut a number of roof rafters.

Notched gable roof.

Remember that this truss is covered with sheathing and sits on a continuous bearing wall. Before you cut your boards you ll need to measure the width of your building and calculate the exact length of each rafter. Typically in the truss calc package that is submitted there is a detail showing this notch detail. At the top where the rafters meet they are either angled to meet at a point or attached to a horizontal ridge beam.

The steepness of the roof was determined by the reduction in size of each gable wall log as well as the total number of gable wall logs. Those gable trusses are notched for outlookers. A gable roof is the classic most commonly occurring roof shape in those parts of the world with cold or temperate climates. It consists of two roof sections sloping in opposite directions and placed such that the highest horizontal edges meet to form the roof ridge the design of this type of roof is achieved using rafters roof trusses or purlins the pitch of the roof and the height of the.

By comparison a gable roof is a type of roof design where two sides slope downward toward the walls and the other two sides include walls that extend from the bottom of. A purlin roof consists of horizontal logs that are notched into the gable wall logs. The latter are progressively shortened to form the characteristic triangular gable end. The roof rafters provide integral structural support to the roof.

A hip roof or hipped roof is a type of roof design where all roof sides slope downward toward the walls where the walls of the house sit under the eaves on each side of the roof.