Residential Construction Roof Framing

Types of roofs the most commonly used types of pitched roof construction are the gable the hip the intersecting and the shed or lean to.

Residential construction roof framing.

Code regs title 24 was published july 1 2019 with an effective date of january 1 2020. The focus of this project was on connections used with conventional light frame wood roof construction. 19 handout residential prescriptive wood frame construction 706 kb 20 handout building design criteria 160 kb 21 handout building energy efficiency 239 kb. Framing must transfer all gravity uplift and lateral loads to the foundation.

Gable a gable roof has a ridge at the center and slopes in two directions. It is simple in design economical to construct. Amendment green building code. An example of each is shown in figure 2 1.

Increasingly wood framing is also being used in com mercial and industrial buildings. Wood frame construction is the predominant method of building homes and apartments in the united states enabling this nation to have the world s best housed popu lation. There are two common ways of framing the roof of a house. The run or half the building span is the base of the triangle.

And the line length measurement from the roof peak to the building wall is the hypotenuse. With premanufactured trusses or with rafters and ceiling joists commonly called stick framing. Information bulletin 19 04 and information bulletin 19 05 provide detailed information concerning the 2019 publication. A literature review was conducted and supplemented with new research on the performance of conventional roof systems and components including ceiling joist to rafter connections and roof framing to wall connections.

Common types of roofs and basic framing terms. It is the form most commonly used by the navy. New home in santa rosa california. The 2019 california building standards code cal.

Using this construction cost calculator i ran a cost to build analysis on the cost to build a two story 2000 sq. Building permit clearance handbook parking lot design single family dwelling duplex plan review list 2013 california green building standards code application for building permit or grading and certificate of occupancy 2014 l a. 05 handout residential re roof 115 kb 06 handout smoke and carbon monoxide alarms and cert 177 kb. The rise or height of the roof at its peak is the altitude of the triangle.