BAretired. I've attached a drawing of the roof plan below. I can see where the trusses in the short dimension could help but what about the longer dimension. I'm about a heartbeat away from a timberframe truss and a gable roof. . ...
The slope was an aesthetic choice and it allowed for smaller hip joists since dropping them on that pitch meant that the birds mouth at the rim wasn't too deep to significantly weaken it. I could go with a slightly higher pitch and chamfer the hip joists if necessary. With a clear span between...
I guess my confusion is in how to tie the rafters together along the longer dimension. The only place where rafters are directly opposed and tied to the ridge beam is the 8 common rafters in the middle of the structure. With a roof pitch of 3.5:12 I think there will be quite a bit of lateral...
I'm planning a pavilion structure, 28 x 24 with a hip roof supported by doubled 2x10 wall plates. The plates are bolted in to rabbet atop 6x6 posts set in concrete. No walls, no ceiling. Will I need to add some type of rafter tie and if so, how?
Thanx,
Jim
