Open Beam Roof Construction

In the case of a gable roof over an enclosed building the lower ends of the rafters rest on the exterior walls of the building.

Open beam roof construction. The ceiling with exposed beams is among the most beautiful ceiling roof treatments ever devised. Let s consider a basic gable wood roof framing design. Keeping the beams close the walls allows for the highest possible uninterrupted views of a room or building s interior. A hammerbeam is a form of timber roof truss allowing a hammerbeam roof to span greater than the length of any individual piece of timber in place of a normal tie beam spanning the entire width of the roof short beams the hammer beams are supported by curved braces from the wall and hammer posts or arch braces are built on top to support the rafters and typically a collar beam.

In an open porch however the rafters rest on horizontal beams. The so called hammer beams are short horizontal and vertical beams which are bracketed to the walls in order to support the roof. With this one simple change you can add class comfort and a wow factor to any room or addition in your home. Floor beam span tables of residential structural design we will now look at roof rafter and beam design.

Take a look at our work open beam roofing projects and call our team for a consultation today. If you learn about the options for framing cathedral ceilings in hip roof structures you can choose a design that suits your budget and skill level. Hammer beam ceiling hammer beams allow for a lot of open vertical space inside a building. Here we have a wood framed gable roof.