  
New time and effort saving tricks plus all the roof framing information you might expect from a book based on decades of roof cutting experience.
Author Will Holladay shares his insider tips gleaned over decades of cutting roofs.
A Roof Cutter's Secrets To Framing the Custom Home gives you insider secrets such as:
Gang-cutting techniques for fast production of hips and valleys
Efficient techniques for post-and-beam roofs and exposed-beam ceilings
Jobsite solutions for rake walls and curved and two-story walls.
A Roof Cutter's Secrets includes valuable step-by-step techniques for cutting bay roofs, gambrels, shed, gable and eyebrow dormers. You'll even see how to cut uneven pitch gables.
Custom Work: This book shows you how to do custom work like coffered ceilings, arches and barrel vaults; even round towers, hexagons, octagons, and other polygons.
If you've been looking for a book that covers all roof framing with some new tricks you may not have tried before. Save time and money with this roof framing powerhouse.
Table of Contents
Abbreviation Legend, x
Rafter Parts, 1
- Horizontal standards, 1
- LL/RR method, 3
Chapter 1 Figuring and Framing 7
- Snap, 7
- Plate, 10
- Scratch, 11
- Figuring tall walls, 14
- Framing straight walls, 15
- Figuring rake walls, 19
- Framing rake walls, 23
- Raising walls, 25
- Underpinning for hillside lots, 28
Chapter 2 Plumb, Line, and Joist, 31
- Plumb and line, 31
- Ceiling joists, 35
- Floor joists, 41
Chapter 3 Gable Roofs/Production Roof Cutting, 47
- Racks for gang-cutting rafters, 47
- Common rafters to a ridge board, 49
- The history and tools of production roof cutting, 54
- Common rafters lapping over a center ridge beam, 59
- Gable studs, 59
Chapter 4 Regular Hip Roofs, 63
- Hip roof ridge lengths, 63
- The hip rafter, 63
- Backing a hip, 67
- Hip jacks, 68
- Hip-valley jacks, 73
- Hip (or valley) head-cuts for rafters that sit on a ridge beam, 75
- Broken hips, 79
- Snub-nose hips, 81
- Dutch hips, 82
- Hips from a 450 corner wall, 84
Chapter 5 Regular Valley Intersections, 87
- The valley rafter, 87
- Regular valley jacks, 89
- California valley sleepers, 93
- California valley jacks, 97
- Over/under intersections, 98
- Offset valleys, 100
- Supported valley situations, 100
Chapter 6 Roof Stacking, 109
- Stacking a gable roof, 109
- Collar ties, 116
- Flurtins, 118
- Pailless rafters, 119
- Ridge height, 120
- Stacking a simple hip roof, 120
- Stacking a valley, 122
- Stacking a complex hip roof, 124
Chapter 7 Eaves and Plywood, 129
- Fascia methods, 129
- Outriggers and barge fascia, 133
- Fake valley tails, 134
- Miscellaneous fascia techniques, 134
- Roof sheathing, 137
- Rigid insulation, 142
- Beam tails, 143
- Swaled tails around a corner, 144
Chapter 8 Bastard Hips and Valleys, 149
- Dog-leg bastard hips/valleys, 151
- Dog-leg bastard broken hips, 154
- Dovetail hips, 158
- A diamond hip roof, 162
- Diamond roof hip jacks, 167
- The unequal-pitch relationship, 170
- An unequal-pitch hip roof with equal-length overhangs, 172
- Unequal-pitch valleys, 177
- Off-angle California jacks, 183
- Backing bastard rafters, 183
Chapter 9 Dormers, 189
- Gable and hip dormers, 189
- Shed dormers, 193
- Shed dormer California-cuts, 194
- Eyebrow dormers, 194
Chapter 10 Towers and Polygons, 205
- Hexagons, 205
- Octagons, 208
- Other polygons, 211
- Conical tower construction, 216
- California valley at a tower, 227
Chapter 11 Bay Roofs, 231
- Common bay roofs, 231
- Bay window roofs against a wall, 237
Chapter 12 Other Miscellaneous Roofs, 241
- Equal-pitch roofs from varying plate heights, 241
- Matching ridge heights, 241
- Parallel-roof California-cuts, 242
- Unequal-pitch gables, 246
- Cantilever eaves, 247
- Common rafters across an angled wall, 248
- Swiss chalet-style roofs, 251
- Gambrel roofs, 253
- Site-made trusses, 255
Chapter 13 Beam Work, 257
- Miscellaneous beam work, 257
- Exposed trusses, 265
Chapter 14 Stairs, 269
- Cut stringers, 269
- Exposed stringers, 273
- Pyramid stairs, 273
- 90 degree winders, 274
- Circular stairs, 277
- Circular-stair handrail cap, 278
- Contoured stairs, 281
Chapter 15 Pick Up, 283
- Miscellaneous pick up, 283
- Arches and curves, 285
- Chandelier domes, 287
- Skylights, 291
- Coffer ceilings, 291
- Pop-out bays, 295
Appendix A Reference Charts, 297
- Chart 1 Decimal Equivalents, 298
- Chart 2 Rafter Line-Length (LL) Ratios, 298
- Chart 3 Roof-Pitch/Degrees, 299
- Chart 4 Roof-Rise (RR) Ratios, 299
- Chart 5 Trigonometric Values, 300
- Chart 6 Regular Hip/Valley Backing Angles, 302
- Chart 7 Side- and Bevel-Cuts on the Hip/Valley
- Rafter Tail with Square-Hung Fascia, 303
- Chart 8 Regular California Valley Sleeper Head/Tail-Cuts, 304
Appendix B Applying the Construction Master Calculator, 305
Appendix C Tool Resources, 325
List of Figures and Photos, 327
Index, 331
Includes: Book
By: Will Holladay
Published by: Craftsman Book Company
ISBN: 1928580327
342 Pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2
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