Greeting all, in framing rake windows on the upper section of a gable end, ridge beam and stick rafters, does the header over it go horizontal or on the same rake as the window.
thanks in advance
Jim
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Since you ask the question, I assume you have enough room above the window to run the header horizontally (which would not be the case if the window were up close to the roofline on that gable). As long as you double up the top of the r.o. so the trim guys don't cuss ya when they're trying to nail casing to nothing...I'd say go ahead and run it horizontal if you can. If it's properly framed, it will still transfer the load down past the window opening, even if that window opening is trapezoidal rather than rectangular. And a header parallel to the floor will have less tendance to rack off to one side than a sloped one, seems to me.
If there's something about this I've missed, I'm sure Blue or Joe Carola or Dieselpig will correct me.
Dinosaur
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I agree with Dino, if it is possible to run the header level do so. Another choice would be to put the header in the roof plane. This allows the "rake" window to be closer to the roof plane.
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