Exposed Beam Roof Framing

If you own a home built before the 1920s in which the roof was originally framed with large beams and rafters your dream of dramatic exposed ceiling beams may be waiting.

Exposed beam roof framing.

Let s consider a basic gable wood roof framing design. Floor beam span tables of residential structural design we will now look at roof rafter and beam design. Some homeowners have noticed this term gradually worming its way into their vocabulary. The roof beam roof beams is a term used to describe the relatively large wood members load bearing beams that support a roof structure.

Here we have a wood framed gable roof. The image below shows a cross section of our simple 12 x 13 house from the joist span tables section of this tutorial. Desperately enough in fact to consider making the major step of pulling down ceiling drywall to expose joists above. The exposed beam ceiling look is one that many owners of conventional flat ceilings desperately want.

Continuing on from part 3. Stately attractive and open. Jan 18 2018 explore maxwell link s board exposed rafters on pinterest. Their homes are typically the ones that have exposed roof beams projecting out to or beyond the roof edge framing.

Exposed ridge beam collar ties or purlins for cathedral areas as required and 6x8 douglas fir plate beams typically 2x12 spruce rafters 2 o c.