Stick Built Roof

Other roof shapes particularly those with dormers or on houses with cathedral ceilings attic rooms or attic storage areas are stick built.

Stick built roof. Stick framing is building the roof on the construction site one piece or board at a time. Stick framing creates a triangle between the rafters and ceiling joists. Then dimensional lumber called rafters are cut to fit one piece at a time and shoved up to a framer on the roof that s balancing on scaffolding who installs the rafters. A stick framed roof is made up of individual rafters and that are connected to a top beam.

Framers or roofer also have given me feedback about the strength of a trussed roof versus a stick framed roof. However constructing a stick framed roof is not always easy. Additional boards are placed horizontally on the frames to create a complete cover for the structure. A collar beam adds strength to the triangle at the middle.

It starts with setting ridge and valley beams above the house walls. The beam or the ridge is the central part of the structure as all the framing must be connected to it. Does your stick framed roof come with that. Gable and hip roofs may be built primarily of trusses.

The two basic types of roof construction stick framing and truss assembly both produce a structurally sound roof. Stick framing takes place on site while trusses come prefabricated and ready to.