This is our ultimate roof rafter guide for people designing and building an off grid cabin or tiny home.
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Let s consider a basic gable wood roof framing design.
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The image below shows a cross section of our simple 12 x 13 house from the joist span tables section of this tutorial.
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One drawback to this is that the layer of insulation placed above the ceiling is missing which can subject the area of the house with the exposed rafters to extreme temperature changes.
Desperately enough in fact to consider making the major step of pulling down ceiling drywall to expose joists above.
Next set the framing square on top of the rafter beam and use a pencil to trace the outside edge of the framing square s tongue.
For example if your roof is 24 feet long you can have a 4 12 roof pitch.
As a general rule roofs that have a high human occupancy rate should be framed with rafters every 16 structures such as sheds or barns can be frames with rafters every 24 again make sure to consult local codes.
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Continuing on from part 3.
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Here we have a wood framed gable roof.
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One option as part of a home remodel is to leave the roof rafters exposed by not installing a ceiling.
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This can give the house a more rugged open feeling.
To cut roof rafters start by fixing the stair gauges on your framing square to the dimensions of your pitch.
The first thing to determine is the pitch your roof will have and the span your roof needs to cover.
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If your project had a rafter length of 8 or less a safe and strong method is to use 2x8 framed 16 on center.
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Before you begin building rafters you need to determine that you have the right tools materials and measurements.
