While the slope of the common rafters are expressed as x in 12 the slope of the hip and valley rafter on the same roof will be x in 16 97.
Valley angle between 2 different roof slopes.
On blue prints architects engineers usually display the pitch of a roof in the format shown on the image where number 4 represents a rise and number 12 represents a length.
In a hip roof with equal pitches the unit run of a hip or valley rafter is 17 inches for every 12 inches of run in the main roof.
Slope and skew calculator.
Unit run of the hip.
Draw a diagonal line between 9 feet the run of the main roof on the tongue of the square and 7 feet 6 inches the secondary roof run on the blade.
Determining the slope and skew angles related to hip and valley beams can be a challenge made even more difficult when the roof slopes on each side if the hip or valley are different.
A sketchup model helps clarify how various rafters and framing components are assembled in an off angle hip and valley configuration.
The blind valley roof can be used to calculate valleys for roofs with unequal slopes.
Learn more about off angle roof framing.
The combination of two numbers are used to display or show the roof pitch.
When the widths of the major and minor roofs are equal two valley rafters of equal length.
The valley roof option is used to calculate valleys for 90 degree the heel height overhang and ridge and fascia boards for both roofs will be the same.
So where two roof sections intersect to form a 90 angle a regular hip or valley and each roof section has for example a 6 in 12 slope the hip or valley rafter at that intersection will have a slope of 6 in 16 97.
Two most common methods 4 12 or 4 12 are used for marking the pitch of a roof.
This slope and skew calculator makes it easy by performing all of the necessary trigonometry for each hanger condition in the roof.
This gives the angle of the hip rafter.