Building Age · Building Age Publishing Co. · leaf 51
he rafter and gaging it asshown in Fig. 5 of the accompanying sketches. The second method is the one to which the cor-respondent refers. In Fig. 4, we will suppose thatA-G-D represent three corners of a plain hip roofwith the lines A-G and D-B its diagonals or runsof hips. From the point B square… … b Fig. 5—Another Method of Backing the Hip raming as Described by G. L, Smith in Fig. 3 the rise e-f is longer than h-c and thelength b-f is longer than c-i. It will, however, befound that the proportion is the same regardless ofthe pitch, This is why we can use the length andrise on the square…
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