Open Beam Roof Construction

Continuing on from part 3.

Open beam roof construction.

Keeping the beams close the walls allows for the highest possible uninterrupted views of a room or building s interior. In the case of a gable roof over an enclosed building the lower ends of the rafters rest on the exterior walls of the building. Let s consider a basic gable wood roof framing design. With this one simple change you can add class comfort and a wow factor to any room or addition in your home.

The so called hammer beams are short horizontal and vertical beams which are bracketed to the walls in order to support the roof. A hammerbeam is a form of timber roof truss allowing a hammerbeam roof to span greater than the length of any individual piece of timber in place of a normal tie beam spanning the entire width of the roof short beams the hammer beams are supported by curved braces from the wall and hammer posts or arch braces are built on top to support the rafters and typically a collar beam. Floor beam span tables of residential structural design we will now look at roof rafter and beam design. The image below shows a cross section of our simple 12 x 13 house from the joist span tables section of this tutorial.

Hammer beam ceiling hammer beams allow for a lot of open vertical space inside a building. In an open porch however the rafters rest on horizontal beams. Take a look at our work open beam roofing projects and call our team for a consultation today. Here we have a wood framed gable roof.