Framing Pyramid Hip Roof

You will need to have a circular saw a measuring tape a 2 by 6 lumber nails and a hammer.

Framing pyramid hip roof.

Nails 3 1 2 inches long. These pyramid roof structures are usually found atop gazebos and other pavilion buildings. A pyramid hip roof is built on a square building with four triangular sides that meet at a point at the top. A hip roof has four slanted sides unlike a gable roof that is shaped like a tent and has only two sides.

All four sides of the roof are equally hipped at all corners and they meet at a single centralized peak forming a distinct pyramid. Outlined below are the basic steps towards framing a pyramid hip roof. A hipped roof laid on top of a square structure creates a pyramid hip roof or the pavilion roof. Hip and valley roof.

If the wall plates are all square of equal lengths then the hipped rafters would form a pyramid shape like the picture above normally a roof is rectangle and there are more yellow common rafters.