The internal roof lines are called valleys and the external roof lines are the hips as shown.
Hip and valley roof plan.
A hip roof on a varied plan h denotes a hip v denotes a valley a hip roof is self bracing requiring less diagonal bracing than a gable roof.
In this tutorial i will explain how to draw and draft a hip roof plan.
I use autocad to do this but you can use any 2d drafting package or even pen or penc.
Hip roofs are thus much more resistant to wind damage than gable roofs.
To start drawing in the hipped roof draw lines at 45 degree angles from all the points on the roof as shown in blue.
Hip and valley roof.
The general arrangement of rafters shown in the larger drawing.
The heart of the home is rear facing and open creating a cozy space for easy interactions with family and friends.
For any roof slope expressed as x in 12 rise in run the hip and valley factor is determined by finding the square root of rise run 2.
We will determine there length in the next step.
504 chapter 18 hip valley jack rafters.
It is sometimes also referred to as a dutch gable roof precisely because it contains both roof style features.
Hip roofs have no large flat or slab sided ends to catch wind and are inherently much more stable than gable roofs.
You can combine gable and hip designs with a cross footprint home as well.
The gable portion of a dutch hip roof is usually placed at the end of the roof ridge and sits on top of the plane of the hip roof.
A hip and valley roof may be part of an irregular structure.
There s a small covered porch in the back ending with a few steps to the garden and a large built flower box.
This type of roof is also called broken back hip and valley roof because the main hips are intconeected by the rafter of gables on one side and the rafter of the valley on the other.
Here are three hip roof house plans both on one level and on two.
The roof framing plan.
The hip and valley roof is similar to the gable and valley except the roof ends slope inward.
A hallway off the formal entry leads to two family bedrooms separated by a full bath which they share.
The first model is a simply designed one a two bedroom home on 1 313 square feet with a living area of 1 119 sq.
Cars stone and horizontal siding hug the exterior of this 3 bedroom ranch house plan topped by a hip and valley roof.
Such buildings may have more than four hips in the roofs and they form valleys at the inside corners.
A mastery of roof framing with hip valley and jack rafters is what distinguishes the true hip rafters 18 1 figure 18 1 hip jack and valley rafters roof anatomy a.
As you can see the 2 lines to the top left of the image are just drawn in approximately.
