The carpenter's and joiner's hand-book : containing a complete treatise on framing hip and valley roofs ... (1888)
Holly, H. W. (Henry Wells) · New York : John Wiley & Sons · leaf 16
ect thepoint aty, where the half circle cuts the linea, with the points hhj the angle formedat^will be the proper backing of the hip-rafter. It is not worth while to back the hip-raf-ter unless the roof is one-quarter pitch or. more. 4. It is always desirable to have the hip-rafters on a mitre… … Fig. 2. The heavy line from d (Fig. 2), shows theseat of the hip-rafter; a and the jacks. Setthe rise of the roof at e / set the length ofthe hip d from d to/* on one side of thedeck, and from 6? to ^ on the other side; ex-tend the jack J, and all the jacks on thatside, to the line df^ for the…
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