Your roof is one of the most important structural components of your home. However, in addition to providing protection for you and your family, your roof also plays a huge role in your home’s aesthetics. What you may not know is just how much goes into the design and building of your roof. At the base of it all is the framing. While your professional Charleston roofing contractors will take care of the work, it is always beneficial to know just how your roof is built.
The first thing that your contractor will do is design the overall layout of your roof. This includes determining what the angle of the slope will be and the overall size of the roof. Additionally, the type of roof and whether there will be valleys, hips and dormers must be determined.
Next, the number of trusses that will support the other components of the roof need to be determined. The amount of weight that each truss can support depends on a number of factors, including how deep or shallow the truss is and the roofing materials that are going to be used. These factors, in addition to the size of the structure, will also determine how many trusses will be needed. The trusses will also determine the pitch of the roof, which will be different depending upon your home’s aesthetics and the environment.
Next, the placement of each rafter is marked out on each truss.