How To Cut Rafters For Octagon Roof

Well the owner cut the octagon hips as if it were a normal hip rafter and of course the hip rafters didn t fit.

How to cut rafters for octagon roof.

This feature is not available right now. The rafters on the roof side of the turret are cut flush with the plate. Based on the width of the gazebo and the pitch of the roof this tool automatically returns critical information. In this video you will learn all about common rafters.

Octagon gazebo roof scaled down model for rafter joint style illustration purposes. To cut roof rafters start by fixing the stair gauges on your framing square to the dimensions of your pitch. Half building width minus 1 2 ridge thickness. 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.

Allow for ridge thickness when determining rafter run to outer wall. Once you ve marked the lines use your pencil to draw the diagonal length on the rafter. See rafter run to outer wall calculator below. Please try again later.

Calculate the gazebo lay out the length of the sides the length of the the center rafter and the length of the hips. Then my son brian explained to them that the octagon hip rafter rafters are not at the common rafter pitch and their not at the 90 eave angle hip rafter slope. He told them how to calculate the octagon hip rafters the old fashion. Print full scale rafter cut templates and birdsmouth templates fold template over rafter to mark or cut through.