Framing A Barrel Roof

Plywood with staggered seams.

Framing a barrel roof.

If you are unfamiliar with what a baseline is within home designer pro click on the help menu and select launch help. A 12 in 12 roof can cost up to 50 more than a 4 in 12 roof. One of the ways we dress them up is by adding barrel vault ceilings. The company i work for builds spec homes.

This is because a steep sloped roof requires a taller chimney and more lumber for framing. Plywood glued and screwed together. Our vaults are typically installed in a rectangular opening in a hallway or master bathroom. The solution was to frame the ceiling separately from the roof.

I ve found it s faster and more economical to make a pair of arched ledgers and to fasten them to the gable walls then run joists to span between the ledgers to frame the barrel vault. Except for the layout these impressive architectural details are not that hard to frame. Select build roof roof plane then click and drag out the first roof plane being sure to draw the roof plane s baseline on the outer edge of the framing layer of the wall defining the rear of the structure. Barrel roof dormer framing dxf auto generated dxf cad file of barrel roof dormer framing drawing each time script is run you can bevel the ellipse valley sleeper material or slide the ellipse valley sleeper material down hill by the ellipse valley sleeper offset dimension.

Choose the style of your barrel vault. Roof and the curve of the ceiling with the same rafters. A carpenter and helper can do it in four to five hours. To make them cut the plywood into strips at the desired radius.

In this 3rd video from our 3 part house framing series pro framer larry haun demonstrates how to build the roof for a modest size house. Note the height required for each of the arch styles. Measure the width of your barrel ceiling to the nearest 1 8. The ledgers are two layers of 3 4 in.

Measure the length of your barrel vault to the nearest 1 8. First frame your barrel roof dormer up to the top plates in the conventional way but leave the roof sheathing and framing on the main house intact above the dormer top plates.