[kiteman]

Is there a way to figure it with just a cm 5 calculator? Thanks for the advice

What, you just want to punch in a couple of numbers and get an answer, without putting any effort into it? How many roofs you cut, anyway?

 

[kiteman]

Yeah, not likely. Not even close really.

Look, one guy gave you the formula, and one virtually calculated it for you. One of them is 17 and knows more about figuring roofs than you do. All of this can be done on the CM5 if you follow the steps given.

 

[kiteman]

Come on, nicks 18 now

Wow! Time flies.

Nevertheless, he knew how to do this when he was 17.

 

[kiteman]

The formula is just a way to figure the ratio between an 8/12 and a 9/12. In other words, how far does the one pitch go on the run to meet the other, after the one on the lower wall gets up to the same height.

Sometimes we get touchy when someone just tries to get an easy answer on their first post without an intro.

 

[kiteman]

I run into this with guys who mostly only do trusses.

 

[kiteman]

Generally, a house with two stories In front and one story in back with an unequal pitched gable roof.

 

[kiteman]

No offense intended, Warren. I can tell enough about your abilities just from your posts on here. A couple years ago we had some itinerant framers from Utah that had framed throughout the West, but had only done trussed roofs. I had to give them a lesson so they could frame a simple hip roof for a porch on front of a trussed house.

This has always been a stick-built town, but I can see it changing quickly yearly now.

Great, now I prolly pissed off Ninja!