Hicks' Builders' guide, comprising an easy, practical system of estimating material and labor for carpenters, contractors and builders (1907)
Hicks, I. P. (Isaac Perry), b. 1856 · New York, David Williams company · leaf 158
of common rafter. 156 THE BUILDERS GUIDE. A B, C E and F G show the miter lines of hips andvalleys. There is nothing peculiar or difficult aboutthe joints at A, C and F except the mitering of thefascia and crown molding on a square cornice, whichmeans that the ends of the rafter are cut square… … Fig. 112.—Hip and Valley Roof of One-Third Pitch. run of common rafter D E on the tongue. The figuresfor a third pitch are 14^2 inches on blade and 12 incheson tongue, the tongue giving the cut, or the bevelmay be taken at C, as shown in the diagram. Thereis also a bevel across the edge of the…
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