Vaulted Hip Roof

You ll have to remove the entire roof structure to vault the ceilings.

Vaulted hip roof.

Exposing elements of the roof structure including the trusses and or rafters can add character to a home. Hip sets are used to construct hip roofs which are roofs that slope from all sides. If your home is a modest size single story tract home with standard 8 foot ceilings it s an ideal candidate for vaulting a ceiling. The slant of the roof allows snow to easily slide off with no standing water.

A vaulted roof structure opens the space below for stylistic reasons or for the addition of an attic or loft area. Several types of custom designed anchors and brackets facilitate open ceiling hip roof designs. This works particularly well beneath lofty double height vaulted ceilings but can also work beneath in single height rooms as this example goes to show. For high wind areas or strong storms a pitch of 4 12 6 12 18 5 26 5 angle is recommended.

Of the four basic roof shapes shed flat gable and hip only the flat roof is. There was no ridge because the top of the roof was flat 6 wide. Hip roofs can offer extra living space when a dormer crow s nest is added to a hip roof. But if it s framed traditionally with big lumber rafters the roof can stay in place.

At the peak common trusses are used to complete the run. The hips and perimiter of the flat portion were framed with lvl and steel flitch plates bolted together. Common custom solutions include wall mounted angle brackets and cables that stretch between opposite rafters. This system consists of a girder truss corner girder corner jacks and end jacks.

At the intersections the plates were all welded. First head to the attic. Second measure the depth of the rafters. I have framed a cathedral hip roof.

Depending on how steep your roof pitch is vaulting a 20 by 20 foot room creates a new ceiling that s 11 to 12 feet high at its peak. If you see a complicated framework of 2x4s held together with perforated metal plates your roof is framed with trusses.