Octagon Roof Framing

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Octagon roof framing.

The hip rafter angle is not the same as a 90 plan angle. Framing an octagonal turret roof fine homebuilding there s no denying that an octagonal turret roof is a challenging project. Or they could have purchased a chappell master framing square that has the hexagon and octagon roof framing information printed on the square. Watch this video for a virtual tour of an octagonal roof framing model created in sketchup for the exploring octagonal roof framing tutorial at the digital.

Using the chappell master framing square line 1 under 8 12 6159. The octagon plan angle is 67 50. 6 159 on the tongue and 10 on the body to draw out the plumb and level cuts of the octagon hip rafter. By rick arnold issue 224 the first time i saw an octagonal turret on a set of plans i cringed.

For builder rick arnold taking a little more time to understand the framing was all he needed to get started on a successful project. Learn rick s method for framing an octagonal turret roof.