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Chapter Iii. Roof Frame: Square Cornered Building 45

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15. Roof framing; 16. Framing the common rafter; laying out the plumb cut; 17. Finding the length of a common rafter; 18. Laying off a common rafter seat cut and end cut. 19. Ridge piece; 20. Hip and valley rafter; 21. Framing hip and valley rafters; 22. Side or cheek cut of hip or valley rafter; 23. Determining length of hip or valley rafter; 24. Laying off and end cut of hip rafter; 25. Reduction of hip or valley length seat cut because of ridge piece; 26. Backing a hip rafter; 27. Valley rafters; 28. Framing jack rafters; plumb cut; side cut; 29. Lengths of jacks.