Octagon Roof Framing

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Octagon roof framing.

For builder rick arnold taking a little more time to understand the framing was all he needed to get started on a successful project. By rick arnold issue 224 the first time i saw an octagonal turret on a set of plans i cringed. Framing an octagonal turret roof fine homebuilding there s no denying that an octagonal turret roof is a challenging project. Or they could have purchased a chappell master framing square that has the hexagon and octagon roof framing information printed on the square.

Framing an octagonal turret roof this roof shape may look complicated but it s basically the same process as framing a common 45 degree bay window roof. Learn rick s method for framing an octagonal turret roof. 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. 6 159 on the tongue and 10 on the body to draw out the plumb and level cuts of the octagon hip rafter.

The hip rafter angle is not the same as a 90 plan angle. Using the chappell master framing square line 1 under 8 12 6159.