Post And Beam Roof Design

However you should remember that good passive solar design principles suggest that the northern side of your home should have an eave instead to allow for the controlled entry of sunlight into your home during winter.

Post and beam roof design.

Roof designs for a post beam home. Click ok to close the floor beam defaults then set the placement to under joists. Post and beam home design. Continuing on from part 3.

The image below shows a cross section of our simple 12 x 13 house from the joist span tables section of this tutorial. In this example 5 inches will be used for both. Exposed ridge beam collar ties or purlins for cathedral areas as required and 6x8 douglas fir plate beams typically 2x12 spruce rafters 2 o c. These timbers are then tied together with collar ties the horizontal members and gusset plates the metal fasteners as you can see in the photo below right.

First roof area assembly. Under the general panel of the floor beam defaults dialog set the depth and width of the beam. Use rope to raise the board if the beam placement is high and the board is very heavy. Verandahs can be placed on either or both sides of your home and also on both ends if you desire.

One of the major choices in designing your post beam home is the selection of a roof style and whether or not you want verandahs. Go over to the board end on the ground walk this up a ladder attach rope to it and tie this to its post. Let s consider a basic gable wood roof framing design. Set one end of the board up on a ladder attach rope to it and tie this to the top of the post it will be fastened to.

For areas with attic space above flat ceiling ceiling joists are included but the remainder of the ceiling system above is by owner contractor. Here we have a wood framed gable roof. The first roof area is constructed with heavy timbered components that are secured to the ridge beam and second floor beams.