Vaulted Hip Roof

This system consists of a girder truss corner girder corner jacks and end jacks.

Vaulted hip roof.

If your home is a modest size single story tract home with standard 8 foot ceilings it s an ideal candidate for vaulting a ceiling. There will be step down trusses from the girder truss to the peak. At the peak common trusses are used to complete the run. Consult an engineer or architect to develop a bracing systems based on your project s requirements.

Depending on how steep your roof pitch is vaulting a 20 by 20 foot room creates a new ceiling that s 11 to 12 feet high at its peak. This works particularly well beneath lofty double height vaulted ceilings but can also work beneath in single height rooms as this example goes to show. The hips and perimiter of the flat portion were framed with lvl and steel flitch plates bolted together. Hip roofs are excellent for both high wind and snowy areas.

I have framed a cathedral hip roof. Several types of custom designed anchors and brackets facilitate open ceiling hip roof designs. Of the four basic roof shapes shed flat gable and hip only the flat roof is. If you see a complicated framework of 2x4s held together with perforated metal plates your roof is framed with trusses.

But if it s framed traditionally with big lumber rafters the roof can stay in place. There was no ridge because the top of the roof was flat 6 wide. At the intersections the plates were all welded. Hip sets are used to construct hip roofs which are roofs that slope from all sides.

Second measure the depth of the rafters. For high wind areas or strong storms a pitch of 4 12 6 12 18 5 26 5 angle is recommended. Exposing elements of the roof structure including the trusses and or rafters can add character to a home. Hip roofs can offer extra living space when a dormer crow s nest is added to a hip roof.

Common custom solutions include wall mounted angle brackets and cables that stretch between opposite rafters. You ll have to remove the entire roof structure to vault the ceilings.