How To Frame A Hip Roof - Including A Common Rafter Review

In today's video we are learning How To Frame A Hip Roof. A hip roof is yet one more style of roof framing that offers a great look and is really fun to build. Today's video will also include a common rafter review for those that need a refresher on how to layout and cut common rafters.

0:00 Intro
0:25 Common Rafter Review
3:26 Step 1: King Rafter/Hip Roof Location
4:00 Step 2: Hip & Jack Rafter Calculations
5:07 Step 3: Framing Square Set-Up
5:47 Step 4: Layout & Cut Hip Rafter Ridge Cut
6:26 Step 5: Layout Birdsmouth & Hip drop
8:00 Step 6: Layout Overhang/Soffit & Fascia
9:48 Step 7: Cut & Install Hip Rafter
10:40 Step 8: Layout/Cut & Install Jack Rafters
12:50 Outro

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My name is Josh Fedorka, and I’m the founder of Training Hands Academy™. I have been a carpenter and woodworker for over 25 years. I have also held certifications in home energy auditing and have built several LEED certified homes in New England.

God has gifted me with many “hands on” skills and it is my calling and purpose to share those skills by teaching others. Whether it is to seek a career in carpentry, become a general contractor or improve one’s DIY skills and knowledge, the motivation behind THA is to help others successfully learn how to work with their hands.

[danieldeschamps]

This was a great video, thankyou mate. I'm an apprentice carpenter in Sydney, 2 years in, and am finding roofing to be very interesting, challenging and rewarding. Videos like this are really helping me learn by seeing different ideas and approaches to roofing.

[jenniferhermanson]

OMG I have watched countless videos about roof framing and this is the best one I have ever seen. Maybe it all just finally sank in, I don't know...but I understand finally how to do this. THANK YOU!

[vegansynths]

I don’t know how you came into my feed but you are a magnificent teacher and speaker. Keep up the good work.

[eltoncarvalho]

I’m impressed with the quality of this class. This guy is no doubt one of the bests carpenters of US.

[thetallcarpenter]

Although I/we here in the UK set out and mark our hip and jack rafters differently, I still think you do a really great job of clearly explaining how you guys do it in the US 🇺🇸. I also think the way you describe and demonstrate how the different angles apply to the different parts of the roof are very clear and apply to roof construction however you do it. 👍 Great work.

[ToddThompson-dumx]

this is informational knowledge gold. I appreciate you so much man, It is so obvious those people that truly know the material vs people who watched a couple youtube videos and decided they were now expert enough to teach other people but the ease and way you put together a demo of a skill is very apparent when its just something you deeply know. It is hard to find quality people like you who will take the time to teach numbers and number skills as it is difficult (again, unless you really know the material) so anyways, long story long, just want to offer a truly genuine appreciation of your efforts it came up at just the right time when I had this task at hand and man, there is a lot of people on youtube over complicating things, giving weird unrealistic info that no one would actually do in real life if they had any idea why they were doing what they were doing. Posted this two years ago but its still very valuable thank you a million.

[kansasscout]

I'm retired now and did not get the chance to cut many roof's. Very well explained. For whatever reason, I'm revisiting how to do hip roof's. When I was a kid Dad showed me how to step off rafters. I used the calculator you're using here. Or Reichers book. Thanks for posting.

[AB-nbic]

THANK YOU! By 3:30 I got all the info I needed. I'm a union carpenter with 30 yrs experience but I rarely frame roofs. Just needed a quick layout review. You nailed it. Best roof framing video I've seen. Nice and concise

[eivetsnod]

This is a great video! I took roofing classes in the past, but this by far is a much clearer illustration than anything I learned in class. Thanks for posting this video.

[jimjernigan]

I am going to build a small
Pool house/ gazebo and I want a hip roof on it. You are helping to give me some courage but will watch several more times.

Thanks for taking the tone to educate us!!

[garykorzelius]

Great video. I learned a very important thing today. When you want to build a roof call a professional!!!! Thanks it was still informative.

[lucaudette]

I just built a gazebo with a hip roof after looking at your very well explained videos. The result is more than I expected. Thank you so much Josh!😊

[thetallcarpenter]

Although we generally set out and measure our hips and jack rafters differently here in the UK, for anyone wanting to try and understand better the 'American' way of doing it, this is a fantastically well presented and easy to follow video. Cheers👍

[PhilipKikiuPipai]

Bro God bless you. From pacific PACIFIC Papua New Guinea, we obviously use imperial but metric is our daily expression. I from a REMOTE rural DIY, Really appreciate your brief lectures. Especially modeling out with lines to complement questions on on how materials and numbers plus lines would justify perfectly .
Awesome !

[KatAdair]

What a PHENOMENAL video...you are a gifted teacher, and this was the best explanation I've seen on framing a hip roof. I'm a framing junkie, but have never known how to frame this type of roof. I downloaded the Construction Master™ Pro app for my iPhone, and was able to follow along easily. Thank you!

[mickthomas]

Very helpful. I’m adding an attached lean to shed to my house and will build the roof with these hips to match the existing structure. You probably saved me a few days and a dozen boards!

[williamtucker]

Thanks! I was able to put a hip roof over a small room with the help of your video.

[nelsoncarrington]

This has got to be the best video I've seen on how to build a hip roof And use the calculator Good job expert advice

[ColeccionistaDeAtardeceres]

It's so greatly explained that I've been able of understanding relying on my poor English. Wonderful !. Regards from Buenos Aires

[readsea]

thank you for your explaining of how to measure, calculate and cut the rafter, which helps to solve my question for my carpentry class a lot.
best regards!!!