By Fine Homebuilding
magazine
Learn The Basics of Roof Framing
Exact roof framing calculations
saves time in framing roof members, plus advice on working with roof trusses
Accomplished roof framers rely on a variety of
tools, techniques, and trade secrets to get the complex and
dangerous job of roof framing done right. In Framing Roofs, a
collection of articles from Fine Homebuilding magazine,
you'll find out how the foremost roof framers work with speed and
precision, and discover what it takes to master the craft of roof
framing
Framing Roofs will
help you to:
- Design, build and frame common, and not-so-common,
residential roofs
- Lay out and cut valley roof rafters with
compound angles
- Frame hip roofs, valleys, eyebrows, and gable
overhangs
- Calculate tricky measurements quickly and
accurately
- Work safely and efficiently with roof
trusses
- Wave time by using production techniques
Formerly The Best of Fine Homebuilding:
Framing Roofs, this newly revised edition features 30 percent
new content, including the latest tools and techniques and updated
photos and illustrations.
Introduction:
As a carpenter I came of age in the Midwest,
where shallow roof pitches were as common as cornfields. When I
finally got the chance to frame a steep roof, I got to frame it
twice.
The first time, my fellow carpenters and I gave in to the lure of
Friday quitting time -- the promise of paychecks, cold beers, and
two days off -- and we failed to brace the roof properly. A big
storm blew in that weekend and folded up the roof like someone
snapping shut a set of Venetian blinds. It was a somber crew that
assembled around the splintered mess on Monday morning.
Roof framing is the most complicated and dangerous part of house framing.
Geometry makes them complicated and height makes them dangerous. But
roof framing is also pretty exciting. With the roof complete, you
can stand back for the first time and see the building as the
designer imagined it. And of course, framing a roof opens an
umbrella over the house, protecting its vulnerable parts from the
weather. It's no wonder that finishing a roof frame is a traditional
point of celebration. The "topping-out" ceremony is usually marked
by nailing an evergreen bough to the highest part of the frame.
You won't find any advice on "topping-out" in this book. But you
will find advice to help you deal with the complexities and dangers
of roof framing. Written by builders from all over the country, the
articles in this book were originally published in Fine
Homebuilding magazine. If I had read these articles 20 years
ago, that roof might never have blown over.
--Kevin Ireton, editor-in-chief, Fine Homebuilding
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Part 1: HIP AND GABLE ROOFS
A Different Approach to Rafter Layout
Framing a Gable Roof
Framing a Hip Roof
Ceiling Joists for a Hip Roof
Framing a Dutch Roof
Joining Unequally Pitched Roofs
Simplified Valley Roof Framing
Part 2: DORMERS AND BAYS
Framing a Bay Window with Irregular Hips
Shed-Dormer Retrofit
Raising an Eyebrow
Framing a Bay-Window Roof
Framing an Elegant Dormer
A Gable-Dormer Retrofit
Part 3: TRUSSES
Raising Roof Trusses
Building Hip and Valley Roofs with Trusses
Credits
Index
Soft-cover, 8-1/2 x 11 in., 160 pages,
with color photos and drawings
Published 2002
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