Post And Beam Roof Design

Roof designs for a post beam home.

Post and beam roof design.

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. 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. Verandahs can be placed on either or both sides of your home and also on both ends if you desire. 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.

Here we have a wood framed gable roof. Post and beam home design. The image below shows a cross section of our simple 12 x 13 house from the joist span tables section of this tutorial. On the posts panel click the edit post defaults button and set both width 1 and width 2 to match the beam width of 5.

Go over to the board end on the ground walk this up a ladder attach rope to it and tie this to its post. First roof area assembly. Under the general panel of the floor beam defaults dialog set the depth and width of the beam. For areas with attic space above flat ceiling ceiling joists are included but the remainder of the ceiling system above is by owner contractor.

And cdx fir plywood. Floor beam span tables of residential structural design we will now look at roof rafter and beam design. Let s consider a basic gable wood roof framing design. The first roof area is constructed with heavy timbered components that are secured to the ridge beam and second floor beams.

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. 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. In this example 5 inches will be used for both.