Framing a Butterfly Roof

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A butterfly roof is seen in many homes and businesses in America today, and was very popular after the second World War. You can build one in your own construction project, as they have a number of benefits. If you want to know how to frame your butterfly roof, follow a few simple guidelines to getting the job done quickly and easily.

Materials Needed:

* Wood

* Saw

* Screwdriver or hammer

* Screws or nails

Step 1 – Make the Gables

The butterfly roof is made from two gables at either end of the construction which flow down towards each other. You will, therefore, need to begin to frame the roof by building the gables. Do this with two long pieces of wood, and two more pieces half the length. The two long pieces will go at the end of the gable, and the two short pieces will go in the middle. Repeat for the other side.

Step 2 – Attach the Joints

You then need two lengths of wood along each end of the gables, to hold the two pieces together, one at the top, and one in the middle. You should then take two long pieces of wood, and cut them down to size until they reach from the tall posts to the short posts. Place these on the top of the supports, and nail into position.

The house consists of two parts, each with its own roof – a bedroom / bath wing and a commons, with kitchen and large main room and covered outdoor room. In a region where shelter means a protected, shady place with good ventilation, this roof strategy provides a high, open, and airy quality.

The roof over the main room, springing from a height of about 9 feet (2.7 meters) at the center and rising on its south edge to 11 feet (3.4 meters), extends directly out from the room, whose western wall is essentially designed to fold back and disappear over a deck. This creates one large living space, which is half inside and half outside, the whole of it protected by the high floating roof above.

Storm shutters are used both to protect the screened openings on the south side in bad weather and to form a kind of eave line, masking the view of the neighbors to the south and creating the look of a low sheltering edge in this otherwise open, high -ceilinged space.



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