Frame Octagon Roof

Framing an octagonal turret roof fine homebuilding there s no denying that an octagonal turret roof is a challenging project.

Frame octagon roof.

Long and combine to create a base width of 9 ft. Due to the turret s location only half of the rafters are extended into tails that form the soffit. Using the chappell master framing square line 1 under 8 12 6159. The entire gazebo is constructed out of rough sawn not dressed smoothed or surfaced lumber which in most parts is readily available and cheaper than dressed lumber.

10ft bayside gazebo by outdoor living today assembly sequence. A total of eight common and eight hip rafters make a roof with a 20 in 12 pitch. Learn rick s method for framing an octagonal turret roof. 6 159 on the tongue and 10 on the body to draw out the plumb and level cuts of the octagon hip rafter.

Given a choice i ll take roof framing over any. For builder rick arnold taking a little more time to understand the framing was all he needed to get started on a successful project. An octagonal plan in this example the octagon segments are 4 ft. By jeff davis login or register to download the pdf version of this article.

One half of 45 is 22 5. The tangent of 22 5 41421 laying out an octagon using a framing square we would take 12 on the blade and the number to be taken on the tongue is 12 41421 which is 4 97 or nearly 5. 343 35 kb last summer contractor scott babcock asked me to frame an eight sided bell curve cupola roof as part of a large home he was building. The central angle for an octagon roof is 45.

The garden rustic octagon gazebo is one of the most simple and cost effective octagonal gazebos to build. Watch this video for a virtual tour of an octagonal roof framing model created in sketchup for the exploring octagonal roof framing tutorial at the digital.