Framing Roof Of Bay Window

By scott mcbride issue 129.

Framing roof of bay window.

To build a roof cab construct a wood frame out of 2 by 4 ft 0 61 by 1 22 m boards that matches the base of your bay window s roof and mirrors the shape at a 90 degree angle on your wall. Then miter 4 joists at a 45 degree angle on both sides and install them around the exterior opening of the frame to reinforce it. But once the window its frame and its cap are in place you can get started framing the roof. Framing a hipped roof for a bay window is harder than it looks.

The starting pitch is 3 12 and the ending pitch is 16 12. Installing bay windows are a gorgeous way to fill your house with natural light but unfortunately for the do it yourselfer every bay window must come with a bay window roof on the bright side the bay window roof can be an equally charming addition to the façade of your house but on the downside it certainly takes a little more labor and know how to construct especially in terms of. It s wrong and just plain ugly. The secret to a good looking roof is having the right proportions.

This article explains how to lay out framing members with the help. It s time to finish planning the roof frame. 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.

Most of the time a bay window will have a hip roof that s constructed using 45 degree angles. Drawing bay roofs out full scale is key to fast and accurate framing. It looks like diy built the bay window roof. Auto generated rafter tables for equal pitch bay window roof with 45 wall angles.

First the instructions to find the ridge length is wrong. The framing shown is made of 2x4s which will allow for 31 2 inches of insulation under the window. Attach trim to cover the framing. The complexity of the joints makes it much easier to build the skirt on a work surface rather than on the window itself.

Roof framer s bible framing a bay window roof page 206 does not follow the holly grail of roof framing trigonometry and geometry. Framing a bay window roof it s only a small hip roof but its 45 degree corners befuddle many carpenters. We asked one of our veteran builders to show us how it s done. Do not use this method to framing bay window roofs.

This bay window rafter script will print out a chart of all rafter lengths and angles for the baywindow.