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Old 03-23-2009, 07:50 PM   #21
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(- half the ridge board if not the rafter will be 3/4 to long)If measureing from center of ridge board to the outside of top plate perfict dead on A+B=C pythagoras theory
If your trying to tell me the ridge height,that doesn't work. You need to figure the HAP cut height and add that to your rise.

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Old 03-23-2009, 07:53 PM   #22
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Re: Roof Framing Question

I don't see anything wrong with Joe's calcs. or his method.

And not to be picky, but the Pythagorean theorem is a²+b²=c²
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Old 03-24-2009, 09:06 AM   #23
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If your trying to tell me the ridge height,that doesn't work. You need to figure the HAP cut height and add that to your rise.
no all you said was dead on run pluss rise = rafter all perfict and the illastrasion was great.
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Sounds like to me he is in over his head!
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Oh my god, How the F**k can u americans do roofing geometry in inches, and all them fractions..... NIGHTMARE. Get with the program, use millimetres its the future, more accurate my opinion
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we measure our dicks in inches, not mm's.

silly boy, accuracy comes from the person running the show.
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we measure our dicks in inches, not mm's.

silly boy, accuracy comes from the person running the show.
Well put Framerman, one big dick can easily oversee four or five little pricks and get the job done right
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Oh my god, How the F**k can u americans do roofing geometry in inches, and all them fractions..... NIGHTMARE. Get with the program, use millimetres its the future, more accurate my opinion
We're "scary" like that.
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Oh my god, How the F**k can u americans do roofing geometry in inches, and all them fractions..... NIGHTMARE. Get with the program, use millimetres its the future, more accurate my opinion
Because it's so easy!! Only an F##king idiot can't do it and claim that it's a nightmare!!
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Old 03-28-2009, 01:14 PM   #30
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Oh my god, How the F**k can u americans do roofing geometry in inches, and all them fractions..... NIGHTMARE. Get with the program, use millimetres its the future, more accurate my opinion
The problem being that everything existing, (and there is alot of it) is in feet and inches. To convert a guy would have to be able to operate in two systems which would be more of a nightmare. To top it off our engineers/surveyors operate in tenths and hundreths of a foot..
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it's funny how difficult it is to explain something so simple over the computer or in a classroom setting. Yet if most of us were on site, a scrap piece of wood, a worn out construction master, and few minutes later everything would make sense and those who are eagar to learn something would know exactly what is going to happen.
If everything is preped right and material is on site then it should only take two days for a good crew to blow that roof out. huh....
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it's funny how difficult it is to explain something so simple over the computer or in a classroom setting. Yet if most of us were on site, a scrap piece of wood, a worn out construction master, and few minutes later everything would make sense and those who are eagar to learn something would know exactly what is going to happen.
If everything is preped right and material is on site then it should only take two days for a good crew to blow that roof out. huh....
I worked in Breck. It took 2 days to shovel the snow and then it snowed a bunch more..
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Here is a picture of the finished family room on the right side of the house. It was actually done 2 years ago and I have another project I am about to start and saw the thread was still around. It was a great experience and I could not have been able to frame the roof system without Joe Carola's advice.
Thanks again Joe.
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Old 12-06-2009, 09:40 PM   #34
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Here's a pic from the rear. The new addition is to the left.
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Here is a picture of the finished family room on the right side of the house. It was actually done 2 years ago and I have another project I am about to start and saw the thread was still around. It was a great experience and I could not have been able to frame the roof system without Joe Carola's advice.
Thanks again Joe.
It looks Great!!

I'm glad I could help. It was nice meeting you that day. Good luck on the next one.
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I am building a 18x22 family room addition. This will be going on the right side of my 1 story ranch.
My current pitch is a 5/12 gable roof.
I have never done a roof system, 2 of my framing friends will help.
The addition will be tying into the original roof with a reverse gable. I am not going to frame the roof on both new top plates. I am going to make a more dramatic roof line. The outside right will lay on the new top plate but the left side will lay on the existing 5/12 roof.
The span will be 26'
12" soffit overhang
2x10 ridge beam
2x8 roof rafters
2x6 walls
The new roof will also be a 5/12
I would love some assistance on laying out the common rafters and ridge beam height.
What the is a reversed gable?
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I got the span from the outside of the right top plate to the location on the existing roof where I want the new roof to land on the existing roof.

How do I figure how high to put the ridge beam?
what i would do is lay out your common rafters and nail a pair to the plates like this A (at both ends) then lift you ridge in between and when the cuts are perfectly on it nail it at both ends and make sure its level
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a little practice and he will get it , as for our method of math , i think the rest of the world should convert to our system
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