Framing Roof Of Boxed Bay Window

First the instructions to find the ridge length is wrong.

Framing roof of boxed bay window.

A component window within a bay box or bow window can be resized like any other standard window. It looks like diy built the bay window roof. How to install a bay window. Only the bay or box window component that was clicked on is selected using this method.

A box bay is square the side sash come straight off the house at 90 degrees. Each bay type comes in. Most of the time a bay window will have a hip roof that s constructed using 45 degree angles. It s time to finish planning the roof frame.

To select a component window click at the location of the component in question then click the select next object edit button or press the tab key on your keyboard. 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. You ll also have to plan for the bay window roof. 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.

Plan out the roof. Part 1 build the roof first to make the installation a little easier. A few make 60 degree bays. But once the window its frame and its cap are in place you can get started framing the roof.

Part 2 with the roof built it s time to install the window. 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. It s wrong and just plain ugly. Roof framer s bible framing a bay window roof page 206 does not follow the holly grail of roof framing trigonometry and geometry.

Most also offer 90 degree box bays. A box bay with a glass roof is known as a garden bay or greenhouse window.