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 129
of the valleys in a roof dormer or gable. For ex-ample, 14 feet is taken for the run of the mainroof, and 8 feet for that of the gable. The roofof the main part and that of the gable being ofthe same pitch, it is evident that the ridge of thelatter will be below that of the former, as the riseis… … Ai»--RUN OF GABLE -)iC J l«— Run OfShort Valley it f—^^—Run or Main Roof 1 >I i~_— Run of Long Valley E: l-E VATION.Fig. 59. Framing for Roof Dormers. supporting. That part from D to B is what isgenerally termed blind valley, because it is con-cealed in the plane of tlie main roof. The meas-…
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