By Editors of Fine Homebuilding
This crucial reference for execs and passionate amateurs is again with a clean layout and up to date content material. Written through revered developers from in every single place the US, this huge revision collects the entire most recent roof framing articles from the pages of excellent Homebuilding journal -- from slicing rafters and framing roof valleys to construction dormers and dealing with roof trusses. The members supply hardearned, job-tested suggestion on a magnificent number of instruments, options, and exchange secrets.
Framing Roofs indicates tips to paintings with velocity and precision, and, considering engaged on a roof is usually a advanced and hazardous job, safeguard is often on the forefront.
Fine Homebuilding has been offering rock-solid info and thought to every person who cares approximately caliber remodeling and development for the reason that 1981. With a circulate of 300,000, the journal is helping its committed readers construct initiatives higher, speedier, and extra successfully. all of the contributing authors of Framing Roofs are professional pros who've written articles within the journal.
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To find the theoretical length of the hip 86 ⁄12 86 ⁄12 or valley rafter, position the square with the total run on the blade and the total Total run rise on the tongue. The distance between these points is the Total run theoretical length Total of the hip. rise Length of hip or valley Using a Raf ter Square 37 stick framing 1 A Different Approach to Rafter Layout John Carroll I helped my friend Steve build a 12-ft. by secured the easiest six bottles of Bass Ale® in 16-ft. addition to his house.
Vertically for every 12 in. of run horizontally). The basic design of this jig was simple, and the cost was reasonable: three scraps of wood and 10 minutes of time. The first step in making this jig was finding a scrap of plywood about 30 in. wide, 42 Stick Framing easier to visualize the cuts with the jig than with any of the manufactured squares made for both the top (ridge) and bottom (eave) cuts can be made in rapid succession. Third, I use the plumb edge as a cutting guide for my circular saw.
63 in. 08 in. Wouldn’t it be nice if finding the hypotenuse of the measuring triangle was so simple? It is. ” Tables A Dif ferent Approach to Raf ter Layout 43 For over a century, carpenters have used the wall rather than aligning with the wall’s the rafter tables stamped on rafter squares. inside edge. Then I determine how far the The common table shows the basic propor- rafter will sit out from the inside edge of the tions of triangles for 17 different pitches (see bearing wall and use that inside point as the the photo on p.