Customer Reviews

Full Length Roof Framer

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this book gives the perfect result every time. full length gives the true framer a constant resource. calculaters are easier but this book gives the theory behind the numbers

The was the first book that I bought on the subject of cutting a roof. The examples on laying out a roof are excellent. The nice thing about this book is that you can put it in your shirt pocket. I learned to cut a roof from the examples given in this book. I have used this book for about 25 years.

A must for every framer. It gives all your lengths on every 1/2 pitch calculated from the span instead of the run,so there's hardly any math involved. it also gives the application of all your basic rafter layouts. Don't cut a roof without it.

I have probably ruined five of these books, due to rain, losing them, etc. I just keep on buying them. After you measure spans you do not have to go back up on the roof. This is the best roof framing book of all. Five stars.

I have had this book since 1975, and in the past 25 years this book has been my bible for roof framing. I wouldn't do a job without it. (Using my wife's username: I'm the carpenter, not she.)

Trig calculators are for guys who wear visors, carry framing axes, and use sinker nails because they don't know how to drive a common nail. This is the book that the salty old man who takes pride in the fact that the house aint a quarter out; it's plumb level and square keeps on hand. I bought an extra copy for the old man who wore his out after 35 years, and taught me the value of doing things right. Read it and use it and you can frame any roof based on the principles it effectively teaches.

I had a copy of this book when I worked as a carpenter. I rebought it for my son who is in the trade, and is planning to start cutting roofs in Montana. This will be a very valuable asset !!!

If you cut an occasional roof, and want a handy reference, this is the book, especially if you're doing straight gable type roofs. The reason I say "archaic" is that the hand-held pocket calcuator has made the use of "tables" obsolete long ago. If you're serious about learning the almost-forgotten art of true roof-cutting, multi-hips with broken ridges, and so forth, get yourself a good little trig calculator, a used introd. trig text, and a copy of "A Roof Cutter's Secrets to Framing the Custom Home" by Will L. Holladay. Another useful albeit impossibly esoteric text is "Roof Framing" by Marshall Gross, for the truly hardcore.

This book had everything Dan needed to quickly get the measurements for roofing. He'd had a copy several years before, loaned it, and never got it back. He is, once again, very glad to have a copy of this extremely helpful guide.

I have used this book for over thirty years , it is invaluable for anyone who wants a quick way to figure rafter lengths this book is a must have.