It s because all the sides of the roof will slope downward to your house walls.
Framing hip roof porch.
Hip porch roof framing this style that can be used for framing your porch is a little complex or more difficult to make.
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The first step in the process of erecting the hip roof is to get the ridge beam into place at the top of the roof.
There are also no gables plus the slope of it is normally relatively gentle and also gives a lower appearance.
For that reason we can use the same common rafters all the way around it.
Attach 4 6 centering rafters and lift the ridge beam into place.
To calculate the length of a ridge in a hipped roof you simply subtract the width away from the length.
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