Hicks' builders' guide : comprising an easy, practical system of estimating material and labor for carpenters, contractors and builders .. (1910)
Hicks, Isaac Perry, 1856- · New York : David Williams Company · leaf 92
well the Back of Jack Rafters. enough to know how it is done. Almost any roof is as good without as withthe hips backed, and when the roof is completed it isimpossible to tell which method was pursued. In caseswhere the hip rafter is doubled or very thick it isadvisable to back it, but ordinarily… … THE builders GUIDE. pi % inch in 1 inch for three-fourth pitch roofs.% inch in 1 inch for one-half pitch roofs.% inch in 1 inch for one-third pitch roofs.1/4 inch in 1 inch for one-quarter pitch roofs. As the above table may not be considered a scien-tific way of doing the work, Fig. 6i is…
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