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Information about roof framing.
This discussion will explain how much to drop a hip rafter. Let me explain….. a hip rafter rises from the corner of a building at a 45 degree angle. Because of this, if the carpenters used the same HAP (height above plate) on that rafter as he did the commons then the corners of […]
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In this discussion we’ll talk about the proper way to brace trusses and we’ll try to confine our talk to the proper way to brace the bottom chord and some of the problems associated with not following correct procedures during the building process. The truss design drawings (TDD) and the plans for your particular
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How to figure the angle of the roof in degrees from the roof pitch: Tangent is the trigonometric function we use to figure this out. Tangent is the number we get when we divide the opposite side by the adjacent side. Since we are carpenters we’ll call this rise divided by the run or
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Every so often I’ll crawl into an attic without any attic bracing. Usually these are older home built in the 30’s through the 50’s however I’ve seen inadequate attic bracing on homes of all ages. Let’s start our discussion by looking at the proper way to brace an attic. Check out the pictures below.
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About Splicing Wood We’ll begin our discussion by reminding everyone that carpenters have been splicing wood together for thousands of years. It’s one of the things carpenters do best but still there are those who say that this is the purview of an engineer and no one else. Headers, jacks, sills, beams, girders
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Kickout flashing should be installed whenever a roof surface meets a wall. In the past many homes were built using only the step flashing method and as a result moisture could drain or seep behind the siding and eventually cause damage. Below is a home without kickout flashing. Example of roof with missing kickout
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Sometimes it’s necessary to cut a shed roof type rafter when you only know the height of the knee-wall or the difference between the two walls and the run. How to determine the pitch of a shed roof rafter. Difference in height in inches divided by run in feet = pitch Conversely pitch times
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Learn the science and math of roof framing! All your difficult to solve roof framing problems are contained in this one concise book. Don’t waste your time searching the internet for half answers written by bloggers who have never driven a nail. Save yourself frustration and time. If you frame houses for a living
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