Radford's cyclopedia of construction; carpentry, building and architecture. Based on the practical experience of a large staff of experts in actual constrcution work (1909)
Johnson, Alfred Sidney, 1860-, Radford, William A., 1865- · Chicago Radford Architectural Co · leaf 123
enter or contractor ought to know better andtake advantage of an easy way of doing a goodjob. After the gable rafters are raised, before put-ting in the gable studding, cut in a piece of a2 by 4 long enough to extend from the plate upthe roof as far as the rafters will be plastered. 106 PRACTICAL… … FIG. 130 in at once, with only one cut to make, whereasthe old way may require six to eight cuts. After the 2 by 4, A, is put in under the rafter,then cut in the gable studding in the usual man-ner. At B is shown a short rafter which needextend only so far as the plastering goes, and PRACTICAL…
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