Cut and pitch your own loft conversion or extension roof.. it’s really not that hard!

[@gdfggggg]

I’ve done quite a few of these in my time. Watched someone do one and went from there. Problem is I’ll do something like that every 5yrs so next time round I forget everything. I remember finding the hip height a bit of a challenge but once they’re in the rest was a piece of cake. Good job.

[@extendaspace-constructionc821]

Thanks mate 👍👍

[@HenryTyrrell]

Drop the hip 12mm (assuming it’s 45mm thick timber) - take 12mm more out of the seat cut on the birdsmouth and sit it 12mm lower at the apex. This means it will then run in plane with the other rafters. Alternatively you could chamfer both top edges on a 45 degree to achieve the same thing

[@KapandaManengu]

I am learning more

[@Dvidtv]

Lots of negative comments but you do learn on the job. I’d recommend working of detailed drawings and checking the pitches All round. Incorporate dragon ties always and bolt the ceiling joists to the rafters at the bottom as standard. Building inspection can help but should not be relied on and a decent structural engineer can offer a specification to work to. 👍

[@WombleUK]

What area in the UK are you guys? In my area (West Herts been Chippy for 37yrs) most building inspectors won't let you infill with cripple rafters on top of the existing hip rafters (unless it's a porch type roof) & insist the existing roof is stripped back to the existing common rafters removing all the existing hips & hip rafters & replacing with new commons or cripples depending on if its a valley or straight roof run. This is when the new roof is running in line though & not when the new extension roof is lower & then obviously it's lay boards.

[@phillipkelly233]

That explains it... couple of bricklayers 😂

[@extendaspace-constructionc821]

Come on Phillip your better than that…

[@RMMaryport]

That pitch looks different to existing roof

[@stephenellison6939]

Constructive criticism perhaps, go on son great job for a couple of old brickys

[@extendaspace-constructionc821]

Cheers dude 🤙

[@charls881]

I hope your going to use nut and bolts to secure as your going to have a lot of spread when you load it with tiles ?

[@extendaspace-constructionc821]

Of course hun.. plus a purlin..

[@centexan]

Where the rafters meet brick seems a bit odd.

[@MGTS24]

I hope the HSE isn't watching. Why not put in some temporary decking?

[@JI7NKJ]

Should have shortened the ridge to marry with the existing pitches, more Symmetrical and a stronger roof, joist hangers and truss clips are not expensive.

[@MrBez007]

Dont mention your a brickie, joiners hate the fact they cant use a trowel but you can use a saw 😂

[@extendaspace-constructionc821]

Mate I know.. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@scottmiller3327]

Not a bad effort considering your tool kit usually is a bucket of rust. God does love a trier :-) fair play lads

[@extendaspace-constructionc821]

Mate we’ve not even got the rust 😂

[@SpaceFlightApparel]

nice

[@iainhair6888]

Did you need to get that roof design agreed and signed off by a structural engineer and building control , or was it just made up on site ??

[@extendaspace-constructionc821]

Hi.. yes we had to go to planning, then we built it to the spec of the architect and structural engineer, then we got it signed off by local building control after they inspected the build as we built it. 👍

[@ABB-bw6tc]

Lovely and level brilliant

[@Rescuediver-s9p]

No crash decking ,dangerous practice .not professional should always work safe

[@extendaspace-constructionc821]

Grow up you turkey.. it’s an extension not a sky scraper …

[@adriancarter7393]

Hope ya brick work is better.!!! Leave the roofs to a roofing chippy.

[@extendaspace-constructionc821]

Adrian.. I’m not gonna say I’m not hurt by your comment but I sure we can overcome this negativity 😘

[@randyvalantino6850]

Hips should be double timbers now

[@skutterbuster666]

Been there, done that Looks pretty good apart from the rafter ends....i dont understand why you have cut the ends level with the brick work at the end Leaves no flat face for fascia and not enough room for soffit...unless yiou nail timber on the bottoms, which the whole process is a waste of time

[@RafterSkills]

Good stuff 👍

[@jimjones5860]

bricklayers shouldnt play with thing they dont understand, the roof is wrong ,rip it off

[@extendaspace-constructionc821]

Calm down Jim u Turkey

[@sigmundsound]

Like you and words?

[@ABB-bw6tc]

Brilliant roof 😊

[@thomasschafer7268]

😅😅absolut rückständig. Doch erstmal die balkenlage zu schalen. Und mit dem fuchsschwanz. Wie 2005 in Skandinavien . Kein richtiger pfosten unter dem gradpunkt!! Was seid Ihr? Keine Zimmerleute!!!👎👎🇩🇪

[@MegaMillie2000]

I agree the pitch on the new hip end is to steep and the return front ridge should be lower to create the correct pitch.

[@muhammedrob6823]

How much does a roof like that cost

[@v1e1r1g1e1]

Think of a price... then double it. If you're using certified builders... times it by 10.

[@skutterbuster666]

just for the timbers and labour...your looking at least 6-7k then add breathable membrane/felt, tiles, more labour....probably about 10-12k

[@asaautomotive2764]

@@skutterbuster666then triple your end value

[@HarinderSingh-pz9yi]

Looks great lads, can you tell me how to work out the bevel angle for the jacks?

[@ivanzucconi]

No one answered back to you cos they do not know...😂 easy answer: mark your jack rafters length on the right or left side (depending which side of the hip you working.). On that length mark, mark the rafter side with the pitch of the roof then adjust the circular saw angle with the angle of which the hip sit in to the build (not the pitch, the horizontal angle). Cut following the mark. Job done

[@HarinderSingh-pz9yi]

Thanks Ivan super useful

[@delboy7928]

Compound mitres

[@ABB-bw6tc]

I like it a lot

[@BryanSteeden]

Where’s the dragon ties fcol

[@richardwoods9782]

Yeah hand cutting a roof is a piece of piss thats why it takes us years of training years of experience an you turn up with a pazlode and a hatchet crack on lads im sure the customer will pay the bill 😂

[@willknight9964]

Where the next part

[@extendaspace-constructionc821]

Next week mate 😂

[@brucemitchell4895]

That roof would not pass buildings control.

[@extendaspace-constructionc821]

Pipe down Bruce it sailed through no problems

[@baz3736]

Roof looks like a church pitch… terrible doesn’t match the existing.. if you were a good carpenter you would know that’s a massive no no….. cmon boys stick to buttering bricks 🧱 where you can be rough…. Not building frames tiss tiss

[@extendaspace-constructionc821]

Shut up baz you turkey.. it’s the same pitch/angle as the existing roof.. mind your own you 🔔 end

[@DavidWilliams-zn2nc]

@@extendaspace-constructionc821 m8….. that hip end is definitely not the same pitch as the existing! When you extended the ridgeboard, if you had put an angle finder on the middle rafter, you would have kept the correct pitch. Don’t put things on KZbin that are wrong, then call everyone a “Turkey” when you’re picked up on it!🤷🏻‍♂️