Step Down Hip Roof Truss

Step down hip roofs are the quickest style of hip truss framing to produce.

Step down hip roof truss.

The steeper the roof the more expensive the trusses get because the longer the boards get and the more roof area increases. This is the distance between trusses. This system consists of a girder truss corner girder corner jacks and end jacks. Hip roof truss layout the initial step in framing this roof is not much different from that of the gabled roof.

Attach 4 6 centering rafters and lift the ridge beam into place. You will also incur additional costs because it is much harder to deck and shingle a roof that is 12 12 pitch versus a 4 12 roof. Step down hip roofs are the quickest style of hip truss framing to produce. At the peak common trusses are used to complete the run.

If we go any larger it will require more webbing inside the truss which will directly affect the cost of the truss. I agree the step system with a lay over filler i always attatch my short jacks to the girder on ground swing whole thing in place then set next step down trusses all the way to peak with minimal but still safe bracing place the filler truss on top nail it off and you then have a very stout hip system well braced and ready to sheath. Steeper roof pitches require longer webs which add to the cost. The standard roof truss spacing is 2.

Differing from the california hip a step down hip system is one where every truss under the hip end plane decreases in height or steps down from the apex until it reaches the hip girder which is placed at a pre determined setback. This would enable the builder to place the joists of the ceiling by the side of the hip jack and common rafters. The same is true if we make it steeper. The first step in the process of erecting the hip roof is to get the ridge beam into place at the top of the roof.

This 26 span truss with a 4 12 roof pitch is the most economical truss we can build. Hip sets are used to construct hip roofs which are roofs that slope from all sides.