Roof Framing Photo Contest

The I-Beam Cabin: Gambrel Roof doubles storage and Dormers add light and space
I-Beam Cabin is made from collecting materials from Home Center Box Stores for a full year. Just over 90% of these materials were "culled" lumber, returned materials, and damaged...
Arkansas
This roof has a lot going on. There were very few common rafters due to hips on the back corner of the house and all the little pop-ups in the…
Juniper Lane
This roof is all stick framed. Don't have any pics of the framing stage. The main roof is a 12/12, but behind the octagon on the right, the roof plane…
Sticky Vicky
This building has a completely stick framed roof. Lots of hip and valley combinations, as well as a double decker octagon roof. If you look closely in pics 1 and…
Roll out the barrels
Most of this roof was stick framed, except for a section of flat top trusses to span the width of the front room which was around 38' wide. All stick…
Shingle Style with Tower
I designed this home for myself. The intersection of the tower and the main roof, as well as the tower roof itself were the most challenging. I still haven't completed…
Garage and office
This garage was built as a detached garage and upstairs office for an old Victorian home in Richmond, MO. The garage is a 24x24 two car garage with 10 foot…
Garage Mahal
20' x 32' timber framed workshop of my own design. All built from beach logged Alaskan western red cedar. My first attempt at timber frame construction, loved the experience.
Craftsman Style roof presents some challenges
At first glance, this didn't appear to be a complex roof at all - just a simple gable over a small rectangular room addition. Built in the craftsman style, 'tho, it…
Tricky Roof for Addition in Washington State
If you've got the skills to frame a complex roof with ease, we want to know about it. Multiple facets, eyebrow dormers, steep rises, show us what you're made of.

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