Post And Beam Roof Design

In this example 5 inches will be used for both.

Post and beam roof design.

Here we have a wood framed gable roof. Exposed ridge beam collar ties or purlins for cathedral areas as required and 6x8 douglas fir plate beams typically 2x12 spruce rafters 2 o c. The image below shows a cross section of our simple 12 x 13 house from the joist span tables section of this tutorial. Floor beam span tables of residential structural design we will now look at roof rafter and beam design.

And cdx fir plywood. On the posts panel click the edit post defaults button and set both width 1 and width 2 to match the beam width of 5. Post and beam home design. The first roof area is constructed with heavy timbered components that are secured to the ridge beam and second floor beams.

Under the general panel of the floor beam defaults dialog set the depth and width of the beam. Continuing on from part 3. Use rope to raise the board if the beam placement is high and the board is very heavy. Roof designs for a post beam home.

Go over to the board end on the ground walk this up a ladder attach rope to it and tie this to its post. These timbers are then tied together with collar ties the horizontal members and gusset plates the metal fasteners as you can see in the photo below right. Verandahs can be placed on either or both sides of your home and also on both ends if you desire. Let s consider a basic gable wood roof framing design.

Set one end of the board up on a ladder attach rope to it and tie this to the top of the post it will be fastened to. First roof area assembly. One of the major choices in designing your post beam home is the selection of a roof style and whether or not you want verandahs.