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SP-Wolf

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Pyramid hip roof, help
« on: January 07, 2016, 09:53:47 AM »
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Howdy Folks,

I am just about finished constructing an SP sand house. I am at a standstill. I have to build a 19' X 18' X 4' at the peak (N Scale) pyramid hip roof. My dilemma/question: How in the world do I figure out the angles of the roof panels-?

Thanks, for any help/advise,
Wolf

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Re: Pyramid hip roof, help
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2016, 10:02:28 AM »
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Have you tried any of the online calculators?

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Re: Pyramid hip roof, help
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2016, 04:34:36 PM »
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Are you working from measured drawings?  I used measured drawings, converted to N scale to measure the known dimensions.  Focus on dimensions and not angles.  The roof for my Hunt Tower turned out much easier than I thought.  You can also experiment with paper before cutting styrene or board.


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Re: Pyramid hip roof, help
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2016, 05:05:18 PM »
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Assuming all four sides are the same pitch, you know that the two "long" sides will touch at the ridgeline, and that the ridgeline will be a foot long (the difference between the lengths of the two sides.) So the two "short" sides will be triangles with an 18' base, and the two "long" sides will be trapezoids with a 19' base and a 1' top. All will have the same height, and that's the only thing you still need to draw them (you don't actually need any angles.)

The height of each panel is the hypotenuse of a triangle that has sides of 4' (the height of the center of the roof) and 9' (half the length of the short side of the roof.) You can use the Pythagorean Theorem to calculate the hypotenuse of that triangle: the square root of (4 x 4 + 9 x 9). The result is approximately 9' 10-3/16"

If you don't want all the sides to have the same pitch, but you do want them to come to a point, then you need four triangles: two are 19' at the base and that value up there high, and the other two are 18' at the base and sqrt(4 x 4 + 9.5 x 9.5) high - 10' 3-11/16". Again, no angles needed.
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Re: Pyramid hip roof, help
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2016, 06:46:54 PM »
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  Who said math isn't useful in real life !  :D

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Re: Pyramid hip roof, help
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2016, 02:03:36 AM »
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I can still hear my father singing:  "The square....of the hypotenuse.... of a RIGHT TRI ANGLE... is equalltothesum ...of the squares ...of the other TWO sides.

Yep, no trig needed (unless you want to make trusses - which no one will see). 

But for fun?

Using Parkrrr's first assumptions of a  4' rise on a 9' run,  your main roof pitch ~24 degrees.   [Tan(slope) = 4/9]  The minor slope?  Dependent on your design.   



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Re: Pyramid hip roof, help
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2016, 10:01:58 AM »
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Thanks, Guys!!

The roof is now ready for shingles!! Ya'll have been a great help!!

I'll get photos posted this weekend.

Much appreciated,
Wolf