How To Build A Square Hip Roof Gazebo

The basic components a pitched square gazebo roof is one built in layers.

How to build a square hip roof gazebo. 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. Cover the roof with tar paper making sure the strips overlap at least 2. How to build a square gazebo roof. If the wall plates are all square of equal lengths then the hipped rafters would form a pyramid shape like the picture above normally a roof is rectangle and there are more yellow common rafters.

Attach 4 6 centering rafters and lift the ridge beam into place. The posts or walls and base of the gazebo are the easy part. Use a miter saw to make the 25 degree cuts to both ends of the beams. Fit the hip rafters to the 2 2 kind stud.

First when all four sides of a roof are pitched inward the roof is called a hip roof. Lay the tar paper over the roof starting with the bottom of the roof and secure them to the plywood with roof staples. Place the 4 6 common rafters in their designated positions along the 2 longest walls and nail them firmly to the wall with a nail gun. The hips are in red common rafters yellow.

Here s where that description comes from. Hip rafters are the diagonal rafters that span from the ridge at the top down to the corners of the roof. The gazebo above has what is called a regular square hip roof. Afterwards install the asphalt shingles starting with the bottom of the roof.

Use 2 6 lumber for the hip rafters. Fitting the king post square gazebo. You start with simple rafters and then build on top of them.