Framing Roof Rakes

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Framing roof rakes.

The diagonal plates are 3 1 2 inches down from the tops of the rafters to support 2x4 lookouts for framing the rake. The soffit usually is 6 inches or less in width and simple in design. Our ladder design will ensure you have a rock solid functional roof over your head for decades to come no matter what mother nature decides to throw at it. From one end of the rafter material using a speed square or framing square mark an x in 12 angle on the rafter and cut it.

Overhanging exposed overhanging and boxed in and abbreviated or extended. This is one of the most common types. Roof framing rafter layout. For lookouts on deeper overhangs i use 2x6s on edge so i frame the rake 51 2 inches lower than the top of the rafters.

A closed rake is boxed in. Exposed rakes often are on sheds or cottage homes. This will the first point of the rafter measurement line. Learn our coveted roof load sharing technique that guarantees.

After the end points of the plates are located the length is found using a base 1 triangle for a 6 in 12 pitch where the hypotenuse is 1 118 times the length of the base. The rafters and framing in the eaves are left open.