How To Pitch A Gable Roof

Rafters are nailed to the ridge board and run down to overhang the exterior wall.

How to pitch a gable roof.

The pitch of a roof determines the height of the ridge board that runs the length of the house. A ratio is the most common way of expressing roof pitch or roof slope but degrees are also possible. Nail 2 boards onto your walls as top plates. Framing the gable ends 1.

Ceiling joists span between parallel walls for added. So if your roof rises 4 inches for every 12 inches of horizontal length then the pitch of your roof is expressed as 4 12. Print a pitch guide determine which set of pitch guides below best matches your roof line. Divide the results by the number of 12 inch segments in your level.

Determine the pitch you want for. Use 8 penny nails to attach the first 2 in 4 in 5 1 cm 10 2 cm. You can also estimate a roof pitch by eyeballing it from the ground from the gable side with a level and ruler. Rise over run when calculating rise over run you will need to measure from the top of the wall to the roof peak.

The way pitch also known as roof slope is measured is rise over run. Add ceiling joists every 24 in 61 cm on your top plates. A 1 in 12 roof pitch roof rises 1 inch for every 12 inches of run. Cut along selected pitch lines cut along the edge of.

Click on the chosen image. Carpenters measure roof pitch as inches of rise per 12 inches of run. View your gable from a distance with printed drawing in hand and at some distance from the actual gable try to.