Utah Boxabl Casita Hip Roof Engineering Package
The best wind performer of the pitched family — a pre-engineered hip truss package with truss-manufacturer-specified truss-to-truss connections. The state approval covers the box — the site-built roof needs its own engineering for your local permit. This is it.
What You Get
- Site-specific design criteria sheet for your truss manufacturer (wind, exposure, snow, seismic)
- Truss-to-SIP eave connection detailing with clip spacing calculated for your site
- Bottom-chord uplift bracing detail per the Boxabl system
- Sheathing nailing schedule with high-wind perimeter tightening when required
- Seismic orientation determination (Orientation #2 mandatory in SDC D, E, or F)
- Sealed by a PE licensed in Utah, formatted for permit submittal — one revision cycle included
What You Send Us
- Project address
- Which roof option you’re building (or ask — we’ll advise)
- Your foundation plans (ours or existing)
- Truss supplier, if already chosen (not required)
- Roofing material preference
Delivered within 5 business days after full documentation.
Why the Hip Roof Needs Site Engineering in Utah
Your roof package is engineered to Utah's actual conditions: design winds 105–115 mph; high seismic (the wasatch front is sdc d — hold-downs and shear transfer are engineered requirements.); significant ground snow loads in parts of the state. Boxabl's sheets tighten nailing schedules above 130 mph (Exp. B) / 110 mph (Exp. C), require thicker sheathing above 70 psf combined snow + roofing weight, and mandate truss Orientation #2 in Seismic Design Categories D and up — all determinations this package makes for your parcel.
Typical design basis for these packages: current IBC/IRC as adopted by your jurisdiction, Risk Category II, with wind, seismic, frost, and soil-bearing values set site-specifically for your parcel. Sample criteria shown in our public materials (e.g., Exposure C, 140 mph ultimate wind, ~2,000 psf assumed bearing) are illustrative only — your stamped set uses your site’s values.
Questions
Doesn't Utah's Boxabl approval already cover the roof?
No — state modular approvals cover what's built in the factory. The hip roof is site-installed construction, permitted by your local building department with site-specific engineering. Boxabl's own roof sheets state "site-specific design criteria to be provided by a licensed engineer," and connection details must be designed by an engineer licensed in the state of installation.
What about the truss shop drawings?
Those come from your truss supplier's engineer — but they design to criteria someone must give them. Our package includes the sealed criteria sheet (wind, exposure, snow, seismic for your parcel) you hand to any truss manufacturer, plus everything the trusses connect to.
Anything special about Utah's seismic requirements?
Yes — parts of Utah fall in Seismic Design Category D or higher, where Boxabl's sheets mandate Orientation #2 for the truss layout and prohibit clay or concrete tile roofing. Our package documents the correct orientation and material limits so plan review goes smoothly.
Does this bundle with foundation plans?
Perfectly — same intake, same site data. Foundation plans ($749) plus the roof package ($449) gives you the complete site-engineering set for your permit in one submittal.
Foundation + Roof = the Complete Permit Set
Bundle the Utah foundation plans ($749) with this roof package ($449) — one intake, one sealed submittal, everything your building department asks for.
Questions first? Call 813-694-8989.
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