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 162
R VALLEY. A question in roof framing which sometimes comesup in actual practice is how to cut the bevel on thelower end of a hip or valley corresponding to a square l6o THE BUILDERS GUIDE. cut of the common rafter. This is only used in cut-ting the ends of hip and valley rafters preparatoryto… … Fig. 114.—Manner of Applying the Steel Square to Obtain Bevelfor Hip or Valley Rafter. Take 17 inches on the blade of a square and one-halfthe rise of the common rafter to a foot run on thetongue, and the tongue gives the cut. For example, suppose I have a roof of one-thirdpitch. This being a rise…
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