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Framing Roofs (Best of Fine Homebuilding) [Paperback]

Taunton Press (Author), Fine Homebuilding (Author)
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Best of Fine Homebuilding July 15, 1996
This guide offers first-hand information from experts on how to lay out, design and frame all kinds of residential roofs. In a collection of 20 articles on roof design and framing techniques, professional designers and builders offers advice on handling a range of difficult situations.


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  • Paperback: 144 pages
  • Publisher: Taunton Press (July 15, 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 156158147X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1561581474
  • Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 8.8 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,604,132 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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8 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Good reference for stick roofs, April 22, 2003
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In recent years, the roof has become the focal point of many NA homes. No longer content with simple styles, rangy, monstrous roofs are the norm. Additionally many of them are likely to be built with either trusses, or maybe manufactured wood sticks. These techniques shave dollars right into the developers pockets. And frankly have become the norm in the last 5 to 10 years. They aren't much covered in this book.

The reality is that these new story and a half high, architect/engineer designed truss roofs, factory manufactured, and crew/crane installed are a little much for the average homeowner.

On the other hand, if you want to cut your own roof, this comparatively recent book gives you all the info you will need to build 2x roofs in many styles. It's a good basic reference, that covers a lot of procedural detail. I find it very useful. If you are only looking for a roof's worth of studs, you will have no difficulty finding the materials for a stick built roof, of generally higher quality than the truss roofs so popular today.

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There isn't a cut in roof framing that can't be calculated given a sharp pencil, a framing square and a head for math. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hip template, unadjusted length, falling headers, side king commons, king common rafters, jack trusses, rake crown, ridge plumb cut, rafter book, rafter stock, level seat cut, layout tee, backing ridge, raising distance, truss spacers, double cheek cut, irregular hip, gable truss, backing bevel, longest stud, first jack rafter, valley trusses, eaves crown, gable commons, valley rafter
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The Best of Fine Homebuilding, Larry Haun, Construction Master, Don Dunkley, John Mike, New York, Bob Syvanen, Gothic Revival, Palo Alto, West Coast, Calvert City, Speed Square, Stephen Tilly, The Taunton Press, The Very Efficient Carpenter, Truslock Inc
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