Framing Pyramid Hip Roof

A pyramid hip roof is built on a square building with four triangular sides that meet at a point at the top.

Framing pyramid hip roof. Kindly consult with your local roofing expert for more refined processes. You will need to have a circular saw a measuring tape a 2 by 6 lumber nails and a hammer. All four sides of the roof are equally hipped at all corners and they meet at a single centralized peak forming a distinct pyramid. A hipped roof laid on top of a square structure creates a pyramid hip roof or the pavilion roof.

Nails 3 1 2 inches long. Outlined below are the basic steps towards framing a pyramid hip roof. Decide on the pitch of the pyramid roof you want to construct. A hip roof has four slanted sides unlike a gable roof that is shaped like a tent and has only two sides.

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.