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A Roof Cutter's Secrets <BR>To Framing the Custom Home

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



    A Roof Cutter's Secrets To Framing the Custom Home rcs-c10$32.50



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