Stick Built Roof

Additional boards are placed horizontally on the frames to create a complete cover for the structure.

Stick built roof.

It starts with setting ridge and valley beams above the house walls. Does your stick framed roof come with that. Stick framing takes place on site while trusses come prefabricated and ready to. Other roof shapes particularly those with dormers or on houses with cathedral ceilings attic rooms or attic storage areas are stick built.

The two basic types of roof construction stick framing and truss assembly both produce a structurally sound roof. A collar beam adds strength to the triangle at the middle. All the trusses built by us come with an engineer seal that say they will handle the loads that are specified. One of the most common is that with a site built roof it s easier to customize the roofline.

Then dimensional lumber called rafters are cut to fit one piece at a time and shoved up to a framer on the roof that s balancing on scaffolding who installs the rafters. Framers or roofer also have given me feedback about the strength of a trussed roof versus a stick framed roof. Stick framing is building the roof on the construction site one piece or board at a time. Gable and hip roofs may be built primarily of trusses.

Stick framing creates a triangle between the rafters and ceiling joists. The beam or the ridge is the central part of the structure as all the framing must be connected to it.