Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building; a general reference work .. (1912)
American School (Lansing, Ill.) · Chicago, American school of correspondence · leaf 162
c space and doing without the rooms under theroof for the sake of the exterior appearance. Valley Roof. In Fig. 168 is shown a very simple form of whatis known as a valley roof. It is a combination of two simple pitch 125 114 CARPENTRY roofs which intersect each other at right angles. In the figure… … Fig. 168. Valley Roof the secondary roof rises above the ridge of the main roof, the endwhich projects above the main ridge is usually finished with a smallgable a, or a small hip h, as shown in Fig. 169. This arrangementdoes not make a pleasing appearance, however, and should beavoided if…
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