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 364
floor?Joists are to be 2 by 12-inch hard pine. The best way to carry such a roof is by aseries of trusses, as shown in Fig. 177. Theheights of these trusses vary according to their FKAAII^G 339 position, a fall of 1 inch to the foot being allowedfor the slope of the roof. The truss shown… … sosiBS OP %Koar TRuaaea - ia« secTio/M Pig. 177. How to Support a Flat Roof. skating; but we advise a double deadening asmost likely to fill the bill. One method, shownin Fig. 179, consists in nailing strips near thelower edges of joists to support short lengths ofboards, upon which is laid a rough…
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