Roof Joist To Frame Connection

A house attached patio roof takes advantage of the house s structure by supporting one end of the roof on a ledger mounted horizontally to the house.

Roof joist to frame connection.

The focus of this project was on connections used with conventional light frame wood roof construction. Attaching 2x6 ceiling joists to steel beam blocking floor framing attaching a new deck to house the correct method how to build a deck the supporting floor joists. With wood i joists there is no practical way to make a strong shear connection between the floor joists and the rafter ends. California redwood association patio roof connects to a ledger that firmly attaches to house framing.

Blocking or bridging between joists rafters. How to make stick frame roof connections stronger. The ledger typically a 2 by 6 is usually designed to hold one end of the patio roof rafters. A literature review was conducted and supplemented with new research on the performance of conventional roof systems and components including ceiling joist to rafter connections and roof framing to wall connections.

Nl8 non load bearing wall parallel to joist roofs rafters joists. 3 8d into top plate. Wood frame connection type. Instead of an irc connection with just nails or with the rafters bearing against each other along a ridge board with a ceiling joist used as a tension tie a rafter in a cathedral ceiling needs to have vertical support at both ends.

These connections are grouped into the following three categories. Ceiling joist to top plate of wall. Cross bridging between joists. Rafter to top plate.

Instead a wood i joist roof system is framed with either a central bearing wall or a structural ridge a beam that carries the roof load to posts. In addition there may be more than one way to connect the roof system to a wall. Where ceiling joists are installed if the ceiling framing is not in parallel with the rafters then equivalent rafter ties are required to be added or a knee wall dwarf wall can be used when placed on a supporting beam that sits on the building the tops of the wall plates of the exterior walls. 2 8d into joists at each end of the block or bridging.

There are two common ways of framing the roof of a house. 3 8d toe nails see notes in text above floor or ceiling joist to sill plate or girder top. Number of nails required.