The carpenter's and joiner's hand-book: containing a complete treatise on framing hip and valley roofs. Together with much valuable instruction for all mechanics and amateurs, useful rules, tables, etc. ... Illustrated by thirty-seven engravings (1863)
Holly, H. W. (Henry Wells) · Norwich, Conn., Published by H. W. Holly · leaf 16
ine/^; connect thepoint at^, where the half circle cuts the linea, with the points 7c 7c / the angle formed at^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 ormore. 4. It is always desirable to have the hip-rafters… … 11 The heavy line from d (Fig. 2), shows theseat of the hip-rafter; a and 5, the jacks. Setthe rise of the roof at e / set the length ofthe hip d e, from d tof on one side of thedeck, and from d to g on the other side; ex-tend the jack h, and all the jacks on thatside, to the line df, for the…
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