Hancock Roof Cuts And Rafter Lengths

Roof cuts and rafter lengths hancock s 10th edition is a very popular best selling book.

Hancock roof cuts and rafter lengths.

Buy roof cuts and rafter lengths at angus robertson with delivery an easy to read handy pocket guide to roof construction measurements and details. The length of the rafter is given from the long point of the ridge cut at the top down along the top edge the board to the same plumb cut on the rafter s notch. With calculations diagrams and tables. If you plan to have overhang etc.

For example if the roof rises 4 feet and the span is 16 feet twice the run. The length of rafter per meter of run is 1 1543. It will help you with plumb and side cuts for hip and rafter down and side purlin cuts and more. Note that this is not the actual length of the rafter.

Includes result for hip valley factor slope factor and the roof slope in degrees. Roof cuts and rafter lengths hancock s 10th edition is a very popular best selling book. Determine a thickness for the ridge and use the drop down to select it. Well known throughout the industry as the little red roofing book it can be or should be found in the back of every roofer 039 s ute.

If you add an eaves overhang dimension then the amount the rafter sticks passed the wall will be added to the rafter length. Cuts and bevels for common hip valley jack and purlin rafters. Also cuts and bevels for gable and cornice mouldings accompanying each of the 48 pitches with. The rafter member will be longer.

The results are automatically fired as soon as any of the values are entered or altered. It is the length of this portion of the rafter. With calculations diagrams and tables. Select a roof pitch.

Rafter book page 1 created date. Full length roof framer a series of tables giving the full length of all rafters for any span for 48 different pitches. A must for all builders. Pitch is the incline of the roof represented as the ratio of rise to the span twice the run.

It will help you with plumb and side cuts for hip and rafter down and side purlin cuts and more. 3220 2 1610mm horizontal span each rafter will cover and before meeting the ridge now when we turn to the 30 page in the rafter ready reckoner and when looking up the common rafter lengths one of the things it tells us is. Calculate the length of a rafter from the roof slope ratio of inches per foot and a building width measurement.