Locate a centerline at the middle section.
Framing a hip and valley roof.
Tommy silva gives the apprentices a lesson in hip roof framing.
Draw a ridge line between the intersection points of the hip rafters.
The common rafter length can be calculated by the roof ratio length per 12 of run.
I ll start at the beginning with the easy bits before tackling the more complicated stuff and that way hopefully i ll make it really clear and easy to understand exactly how to set out measure cut and install hip and valley roof rafters.
Now draw a 45 degree line from each corner toward the centerline that can help to establish location specifications for.
Divide the rafter length by 12 of run to calculate the roof ratio multiplier.
Roof framing geometry kernel rafter lengths roof ratio multiplier.
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